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Anxious

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.

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Similar meaning 4

Eager 84% connected

Sharp; sour; acid.

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Eager 84% connected

Sharp; sour; acid.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Troubled 84% connected

of Trouble

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Troubled 84% connected

of Trouble

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Anxiousness 74% connected

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Anxiousness 74% connected

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dying 92% connected

of Die

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Nervous 92% connected

possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Queasy 92% connected

Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Uneasy 92% connected

Not easy; difficult.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Unquiet 92% connected

To disquiet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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