anxious

a. கவலையுள்ள, ஆவலுள்ள, ஆர்வமுடைய, அக்கறையுடைய, கவலைக்கிடமான.

Synonyms

solicitous careful uneasy concerned restless watchful disturbed unquiet

Antonyms

without_care careless inert ease unconcerned calm composed

Anx"ious, a. Etym: [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. Anger.] 1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. 2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor. The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton. 3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please. He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform. Macaulay. Note: Anxious is followed by for, about, concerning, etc., before the object of solicitude. Syn. -- Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.

anxious - Similar Words

anxiously sanious noxious animous avenious anticous anginous overanxious anxiousness noious