anxious

adjective/ˈæŋkʃəs/

Frequency rank: #3,723 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Worried or nervous about something that might happen.

Illustration for the English word “anxious”

Example sentence

She felt anxious before giving her speech.

Synonyms & related words

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