be anxious

VERB

fear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipate avoid dread expect foresee shun suspect worry

STRONG

apprehend blanch cower crouch falter flinch fret quail quaver shrink shudder shy start tremble wilt

WEAK

be afraid be apprehensive be disquieted be frightened be in awe break out in a sweat dare not feel concern have butterflies have qualms lose courage

Antonyms

STRONGEST

face meet want

STRONG

calm steady stretch

WEAK

brave

Example Sentences

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There are lots of reasons to be anxious as a parent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Children may simply have more reasons to be anxious, under pressure from pandemic-interrupted schooling and troubled by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, he told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Investors will also be anxious for insight from management as to how it sees earnings panning out in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

"I wouldn't want anyone to feel like I did and be anxious about not being able to eat," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

If you picked anxious to go, you should be anxious about your grammar.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

be anxious

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