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anxious

Definition for anxious
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"I hear the word alcohol and I'm tense, I'm shaking, I'm really anxious," she said.

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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.

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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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