ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAanxious
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anxious
Meaning: worried or nervous about what might happen
anxious in a sentence
How anxious is used in real sentences:
Lena felt anxious while waiting for the results of her spelling test.
The anxious student checked his backpack three times before leaving for school.
“She felt anxious as she listened to applause shake the auditorium walls.”
— from the passage The Quiet Before the Bell
Synonyms for anxious
Other words for anxious — worried, nervous and apprehensive — carry the same meaning.
- worried
- nervous
- apprehensive
Antonyms of anxious
Words that mean the opposite of anxious:
- calm
- confident
Where it comes from
From Latin anxius 'troubled or worried'
Memory hook
An anxious person asks, 'What if something goes wrong?'