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ANXIOUS

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anxious adjectiv

1. (for, about) îngrijat, îngrijorat, neliniştit, fără astâmpăr (de, din cauza);

to be / to feel anxiety about a fi îngrijat de.

2. neliniştit, plin de nelinişte sau de groază;

anxiety night noapte de spaimă / groază; noapte neliniştită.

3. anxiety for / to dornic de, dornic să, doritor de, care doreşte să, care ţine mult să;

I am anxiety to know (tare) vreau să ştiu;

he is anxiety to please caută cu tot dinadinsul să placă, doreşte neapărat să se facă plăcut.

◊ (amer.) to be on the anxiety seat / bench a şedea / a sta ca pe ace / ghimpi, a nu mai putea de nerăbdare (să afle adevărul etc.).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The old gentleman was fond of money, and anxious to keep the family estate together.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

"Is not this song worth staying for?" said Anne, suddenly struck by an idea which made her yet more anxious to be encouraging.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Jo's sudden change of tone made the girls laugh, but all looked rather anxious, and no one said a word as Snodgrass took his seat.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I told her how anxious I was about Jonathan, and then she tried to comfort me.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Why, otherwise, should he be so desperately anxious that she should not get so near him as to see his features?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I obeyed I noticed an anxious light come into Johnson’s eyes, but I did not dream of its cause.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I felt sure that I had been the subject of her reflections, and was more than ever anxious to know her intentions towards me.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Then it's jes' warm an' anxious I am to be hearin' you explain yourself," he said.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

What Mrs. Ferrars would say and do, though there could not be a doubt of its nature, she was anxious to hear; and still more anxious to know how Edward would conduct himself.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

A response indicating that an individual is extremely anxious or depression.

(Extremely Anxious or Depressed, NCI Thesaurus)

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