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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
It has left some anxious about the real life fallout from the political instability, including Seoul resident Ra Ji-soo, who reported hearing helicopters near her home late on Tuesday.
But she still felt "anxious" on the job.
It was his first stage production as a professional actor, and “I’ve never been so anxious and nervous about something,” Washington says.
That said, if you’re still feeling anxious about money and can’t help comparing your financial situation to others, consider seeking support from a psychologist or financial therapist.
"I get anxious because I don't know what will happen," he told TNT Sports.
"We who do not know him are more than anxious to see his face," wrote a prominent local newspaper, The Gold Coast Leader.
She was anxious to get home to her young sons, but, according to a nurse’s notes, she was still “passing large clots the size of grapefruit.”
Before going to groups I was very scared, very anxious, but once I start talking, off I go.
And when Gen Z and Millennials — who spend so much of their time on these platforms — are bombarded with these highlight reels, it’s easy for them to feel inadequate and anxious about their finances.
"It's stressful enough to work in a surgery because you have to cope with a lot of complex issues and you need to maintain your cool with patients who are anxious and depressed," she said.
Posts like that were only one example of "doom spending" — a concept of spending more money when we feel anxious.
My serenity has slid and I’m sweating and getting more anxious by the second.
On the other hand, if researchers shut this circuit off, breathing rates went up, and the mice became more anxious.
“Don’t,” blurted her mother, Rebecca Marriott, who laughed along with everyone else, but kept sneaking anxious peeks at her watch.
“I could feel it when I went into my classroom,” said the professor, whose research has found that people with political anxiety aren’t necessarily anxious in general.
As updates trickled in, Mahama became increasingly anxious - he had heard no word from his father.
“People who have been watching closely and feel like the race is on a knife’s edge are anxious to see this one get called,” said Paul Mitchell, whose firm Political Data, Inc. tracks voter trends.
“I was quite anxious about doing that. And some of these anxieties are built into this story,” he says.
So a lot of the sequences came from my experience as an anxious teen and adult and as a mom with an anxious teen.”
I was cut off from my friends and anxious about constant grilling from adults and children asking why I was in the higher grade.
The tribalism and polarisation that is often evident in the Church makes some anxious that a skilled politician at the top is the only way the institution does not start to fracture.
From Politico: “Pentagon officials anxious Trump might fire military’s top general.”
Despite her years of acting experience, she admits to being anxious about stepping onto the set.
“I’m concerned and anxious about what the Trump administration could mean for water, and especially biodiversity protection in aquatic habitats.”
He now tries to avoid supermarkets, with the incident leaving him feeling "anxious and fearful".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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