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anxious
adjective as in worried, tense
Strongest matches
afraid, apprehensive, careful, concerned, distressed, fearful, fidgety, jittery, nervous, restless, scared, uneasy, uptight
Weak matches
aghast, antsy, basket case, bugged, butterflies, choked, clutched, disquieted, disturbed, dreading, fretful, hacked, hyper, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, jumpy, nervy, overwrought, shaking, shaky, shivery, shook-up, shot to pieces, solicitous, spooked, strung-out, sweating bullets, taut, troubled, unglued, unquiet, watchful, wired, worried sick, wreck
Example Sentences
"I hear the word alcohol and I'm tense, I'm shaking, I'm really anxious," she said.
The resurgence of volatility greeted investors in a particularly anxious place.
In a statement read to the court, one victim, Sue Chapman, said the experience had left her anxious and unable to sleep.
Investors have been anxious about more potential credit blowups after the collapse of First Brands and Tricolor raised broader questions about underwriting standards.
The market freak-outs accompanying political developments make little sense, and so does the anxious pearl-clutching by European policymakers elsewhere about the prospect that France may be descending into an irremediable jam.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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