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overanxious

[ oh-ver-angk-shuhs, -ang- ]

adjective

  1. excessively anxious.


overanxious

/ -ˈæŋʃəs; ˌəʊvərˈæŋkʃəs /

adjective

  1. excessively worried, tense, or uneasy
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··Գ···ٲ [oh, -ver-ang-, zahy, -i-tee], v·Գidzܲ·Ա noun
  • v·Գidzܲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overanxious1

First recorded in 1735–45; over- + anxious
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“But I get stressed and overanxious. And the way I manifest that is I lecture somebody or I get in a fight. I’m not proud of that.”

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I felt like we were overanxious parents that go to the doctor and then you get dismissed.

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In the wake of humiliation in Afghanistan, would Washington be overanxious to demonstrate America’s continuing strength?

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When they arrived, their overanxious bus driver got so close to the building that the heat forced them to retreat some distance.

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“The president probably saw that I was ready for the job and that I am somehow serene. I am not overanxious. I have to stay very calm.”

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