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anxiousness
[ angk-shuhs-nis, ang- ]
noun
- the state of being greatly worried; mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; anxiety:
The warm welcome from her new classmates made all her anxiousness go away.
- the state of being earnestly desirous; eagerness (followed by to or for ):
As he sat in the cabin of the combat plane, he felt no fear or apprehension, just anxiousness to get airborne.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of anxiousness1
Example Sentences
"There was always this anxiousness. If that's happened, anything could happen," she said.
When I burn that energy, the anxiousness goes away for the show that’s about to happen.
Part of Soboroff’s anxiousness stemmed from an incident just a week earlier: He and his wife awoke around 1:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day to a brush fire burning on a nearby ridge.
He also used terms like “first-year jitters†and “anxiousness†in describing his sometimes disconnected partnership with Justin Herbert.
“I was full of sadness, worry, anxiousness and full of recurring memories from the past,†he said, showing us a hand he said had been mutilated by a gunshot.
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