Definitions
Worried, uneasy, or nervous about something.
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.
Used in a sentence
“She was anxious to hear how her test results were.”
“I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.”
“But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Uneasy inside”7 letters
02“Worried and tense”7 letters
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