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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

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be anxious

"We shouldn't have to be anxious waiting in our own homes just for someone to blast our mountain up," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

So the fewer things they have to be anxious about, the better.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 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

And nobody seemed to be anxious about Bubber.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

be anxious

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