anxious

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. adjective eagerly desirous
  2. adjective causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.

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