ANXIOUSNESS Definition & Meaning

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anxiousness

[ angk-shuhs-nis, ang- ]

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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.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of anxiousness¹

First recorded in 1630–40; anxious ( def ) + -ness ( def )

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"There was always this anxiousness. If that's happened, anything could happen," she said.

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When I burn that energy, the anxiousness goes away for the show that’s about to happen.

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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.

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He also used terms like “first-year jitters” and “anxiousness” in describing his sometimes disconnected partnership with Justin Herbert.

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“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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