ANXIOUS


Meaning of ANXIOUS in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound

▪ become , get , grow

The bus was late and Sue began to get ~.

▪ make sb

The delays only made him more ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ desperately , incredibly , terribly

▪ increasingly

She was watching the clock and becoming increasingly ~.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

▪ naturally ( esp. BrE ), understandably

Students are understandably ~ about getting work after graduation.

▪ overly ( esp. AmE ), unduly

There's no need to get unduly ~ on my account.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

I'm becoming very ~ about my son.

▪ for

We are extremely ~ for her safety.

Anxious is used with these nouns: ↑ anticipation , ↑ expression , ↑ eye , ↑ face , ↑ glance , ↑ look , ↑ moment , ↑ mother , ↑ parent , ↑ thought , ↑ wait

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .