anxious
Synonyms:
aflutter, antsy, apprehensive, atwitter, concerned, disturbed, dithery, edgy, fearful, goosey, het up, hinky [slang], hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, perturbed, queasy (also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried.
Related Words:
afraid, aghast, antsy, careful, distressed, enthusiastic, fearful, fidgety, impatient, jittery, keen, restless, scared, thirsty, uneasy, uptight.
Antonyms:
calm, collected, confident, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, hesitant, nerveless, relaxed, reluctant.
Synonym Study:
Eager, avid, keen, anxious, and athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest.
Eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint:
eager to get started.
Avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed:
avid for new thrills.
Keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action:
keen on the latest fashions.
Anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment:
anxious not to make a social blunder.
Athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action:
athirst for adventure.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin anxius worried, distressed, derivative of angere to strangle, pain, distress; cf. anguish, -ous. C17: from Latin anxius; related to Latin angere to torment; see anger, anguish. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of anxious: 1548. History and Etymology for anxious: Latin anxius; akin to Latin angere to strangle, distress — more at anger. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 15 March 2020 {11:42pm} // Updated: 15 July 2020 {3:20 PM}
aflutter, antsy, apprehensive, atwitter, concerned, disturbed, dithery, edgy, fearful, goosey, het up, hinky [slang], hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, perturbed, queasy (also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried.
Related Words:
afraid, aghast, antsy, careful, distressed, enthusiastic, fearful, fidgety, impatient, jittery, keen, restless, scared, thirsty, uneasy, uptight.
Antonyms:
calm, collected, confident, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, hesitant, nerveless, relaxed, reluctant.
Synonym Study:
Eager, avid, keen, anxious, and athirst mean moved by a strong and urgent desire or interest.
Eager implies ardor and enthusiasm and sometimes impatience at delay or restraint:
eager to get started.
Avid adds to eager the implication of insatiability or greed:
avid for new thrills.
Keen suggests intensity of interest and quick responsiveness in action:
keen on the latest fashions.
Anxious emphasizes fear of frustration or failure or disappointment:
anxious not to make a social blunder.
Athirst stresses yearning but not necessarily readiness for action:
athirst for adventure.
Origin:
1615–25; < Latin anxius worried, distressed, derivative of angere to strangle, pain, distress; cf. anguish, -ous. C17: from Latin anxius; related to Latin angere to torment; see anger, anguish. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of anxious: 1548. History and Etymology for anxious: Latin anxius; akin to Latin angere to strangle, distress — more at anger. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 15 March 2020 {11:42pm} // Updated: 15 July 2020 {3:20 PM}