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be anxious

VERB

fear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipate avoid dread expect foresee shun suspect worry

STRONG

apprehend blanch cower crouch falter flinch fret quail quaver shrink shudder shy start tremble wilt

WEAK

be afraid be apprehensive be disquieted be frightened be in awe break out in a sweat dare not feel concern have butterflies have qualms lose courage

Antonyms

STRONGEST

face meet want

STRONG

calm steady stretch

WEAK

brave

Example Sentences

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Of the other creative options, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden will be anxious as they wait to discover if they are called up.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

There are lots of reasons to be anxious as a parent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Children may simply have more reasons to be anxious, under pressure from pandemic-interrupted schooling and troubled by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, he told AFP.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

Investors will also be anxious for insight from management as to how it sees earnings panning out in 2026.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

“That’s the duty of the old,” said the Librarian, “to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.”

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

be anxious

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