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Anxiousness

Anxiousness \Anx"ious*ness\, n. The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

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anxiousness

n. 1 The state of being anxious. 2 A feeling of anxiety.

WordNet
anxiousness

  1. n. a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders [syn: anxiety]

  2. a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments [syn: disquiet]

Usage examples of "anxiousness".

But no one lasts indefinitely, she thought, experiencing a twinge of anxiousness whilst acknowledging the inevitable.

The strong black coffee, syrupy with sugar, made Peter buzz with happy anxiousness to get going, to get to work, and the catfish, served with cassava bread broken from large flat wheels, tasted better than any breakfast he remembered eating in years.

In its anxiousness to get the boy before the shuttlecraft passed into lands beyond its control, the Isolator had carelessly bungled the Hunter's almost certain chance to destroy them.