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Anxious Nervous Worried Situation Waiting Anxiously Foreign Minister

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If you are a______, you are nervous or worried about something.If you are anxious, you are nervous or worried about something.
The foreign minister admitted he was still anxious about the situation in the country.
A friend of mine is a very anxious person.
They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.
word anxious
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adjective
If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
The miners were anxious to avoid a strike.
He is anxious that there should be no delay.
Those anxious for reform say that the present system is too narrow.
If you are anxious, you are nervous or worried about something.
The foreign minister admitted he was still anxious about the situation in the country.
A friend of mine is a very anxious person.
They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.
An anxious time or situation is one during which you feel nervous and worried.
He told last night of the anxious hours waiting to discover whether his girlfriend was safe from the earthquake.
inflections anxiously
cefr-level B2

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