ANXIETY, ANXIOUS, ANXIOUSLY
ADJECTIVES
..888 — YEARNFUL anxious, eagerly desirous, solicitous → obs.
..970 — HOUGHFUL→ HOWFUL anxious, careful; sorrowful → obs.
1000 — BUSY anxious, uneasy, troubled; careful, attentive → obs.
1000 — CAREFUL anxious, troubled, solicitous, concerned; full of anxiety, care, trouble, or concern → obs.
1000 — CARELESS free from anxiety, care, or apprehension → obs.
1205 — YEMELICH anxious, full of care → obs.
1400 — CURIOUS anxious, concerned, solicitous → obs.
1449 — CARKFUL anxious, full of care or trouble → obs.
1450 — PENSIFUL anxious, brooding; melancholy, sorrowful → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
1500 — EARNFUL anxious; sorrowful, lamentable, melancholy, sad → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1535 — FEARFUL anxious, concerned → obs.
1567 — CARKING anxious; fretting → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1574 — PENSATIVE anxious, full of thought; pensive → obs.
1596 — ON THE RACK in keen anxiety or suspense; in a state of acute physical or mental suffering
1603 — AGITABLE easily made anxious or excited; capable of being mentally or emotionally disturbed
1645 — VERSANT anxious, concerned, or busy about, occupied or engaged in or with, something
1788 — WOUND → WOUND UP anxious, tense, on edge → sl.
1828 — YONDERLY anxious; gloomy, melancholy; shy, timid → Eng. dial.
1838 — ANTSY anxious, restless, eager, annoyed → Amer. dial.
1839 — (SITTING) ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH in a state of anxiety or uneasiness → Amer. dial.
1839 — (SITTING) ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT in a state of anxiety or uneasiness → Amer. dial.
1840 — ON HOT BRICKS anxious, agitated, restless → obs.
1842 — MAZE over-anxious, uneasy; mad, crazy, lunatic → Eng. dial.
1854 — LIKE A CAT ON HOT BRICKS anxious, agitated, restless → obs.
1866 — ON NETTLES anxious, in suspense; in a restless, impatient condition
1870 — ON EDGE anxious, very tense, nervy → UK sl.
1871 — THOCHTED anxious, concerned → Sc.
1873 — UP IN THE AIR anxious, excited, angry; displaying heightened emotions → colloq.
1876 — BAD anxious, distressed in mind → Sc.
1889 — ANXOM anxious → Eng. dial.
1890 — NERVED UP anxious; confused; agitated → Amer. dial.
1896 — RED-HOT anxious, eager, desirous → Eng. dial.
1898 — A-HUH anxious, upset, vexed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — KEBBIE anxious, eager → Sc.
1899 — RANK anxious, very eager, impatient → Amer. dial.
..L19 — IN A SWEAT anxious, worried → sl.
1900 — EDGY anxious, eager, desirous, keen → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — INACTIOUS anxious → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ANXIOUSED UP made anxious, excited → Amer. dial.
1905 — MAZED over-anxious, fidgety, uneasy; fretful → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1912 — ADITHER in a state of anxiety, excitement, or confusion, often in expectation of something
1913 — ALL OF A HIGH very anxious or eager → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — FIRST anxious, eager → Amer. dial.
1914 — HAIRED UP → HARED UP → HARRED UP anxious, angry, enraged, upset, vexed → Amer. dial.
1916 — RAMSASSPATORIOUS anxious, excited, impatient → Amer. dial.
1920 — AS WORRIED AS A PREGNANT FOX IN A FOREST FIRE extremely anxious
1931 — NERVOUSED UP anxious, nervous; confused; agitated → Amer. dial.
1934 — UPTIGHT anxious, nervous, tense → US
1954 — NERVOUS-UPPED anxious, nervous; confused; agitated → Amer. dial.
1964 — AGITATO in a state of anxiety or nervous tension; agitated → colloq.
1965 — SITTING ON PINS anxious about something → Amer. dial.
1965 — SITTING ON TENTERHOOKS anxious about something → Amer. dial.
1966 — ON ONE’S HEAD→ ON TOP OF ONE’S HEAD anxious → Amer. dial.
1967 — ON ONE EAR anxious about something → Amer. dial.
1967 — STANDING ON ONE’S EARS anxious about something → Amer. dial.
1969 — BENAUT uncomfortable, as the result of anxiety; hard-pressed → Amer. dial.
1970 — JACKED UP anxious, upset, waiting anxiously → US teen sl.
1970 — WIRED anxious, nervous, uptight → Amer. sl.
1970 — WONKY anxious and overstudious in an academic situation → Amer. students’ sl.
1972 — AMPED → AMPED OUT → AMPED UP very anxious, excited, active; frenetically active; ready for anything → Amer. sl.
1989 — JEEBY anxious or apprehensive → Amer. sl.
ADVERBS
1393 — BUSILY anxiously, solicitously → obs.
1565 — HOWFULLY carefully, anxiously → obs.
1586 — FEARFULLY anxiously; cautiously, with hesitation → obs.
1611 — CARKINGLY anxiously, fretfully, solicitously → obs.
INTERJECTIONS
1694 — DEAR! a mild register of anxiety, irritation, regret, etc.
1694 — DEAR OH DEAR! a mild register of anxiety, irritation, regret, etc.
1694 — OH DEAR! a mild register of anxiety, irritation, regret, etc.
NOUNS
1000 — BUSINESS anxiety, solicitude, care; distress, uneasiness → obs.
1000 — CAREFULNESS anxiety, solicitude, concern → arch.
1000 — CARELESSNESS freedom from anxiety or trouble → obs.
1325 — CARK anxiety, troubled state of mind, distress; anxious solicitude, labour, or toil → arch.
1340 — CURE anxiety, care, trouble → obs.
1583 — CARKING a being anxious, grieving; trouble, solicitude; anxious toil → obs.
1625 — CARE-TAKING anxiety → obs.
1647 — FEASE → FEAZE → FEEZE → PHEESE → PHEEZE a state of anxiety or excitement; a fit of fretfulness → Amer. dial.
1668 — PAIN anxiety; anxious desire or apprehension; distress caused by fear of possible evil → obs.
1701 — THE HYPO anxiety, depression, irritability, or low spirits → obs.
1710 — THE HYPS feelings of anxiety, melancholy, depression, esp. about one’s health → colloq. obs.
1775 — TWITTERATION anxiety, perturbation → colloq.
..19C. — ANXOMNESS anxiety → Eng. dial.
1825 — FANTEAG → FANTEAGUE → FANTIGUE → FANTIQUE a state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this → Eng. dial.
1828 — THE EAGERS feelings of anxiety, desire, or impatience; excessive eagerness or apprehension → Amer. dial.
1837 — STATE a condition of anxiety, excitement, or agitation → UK sl.
1838 — WORRIT anxiety, mental distress → colloq.
1859 — FEAK an anxious, fidgety state → Eng. dial.
1864 — TEW a state of anxiety, nervous excitement, confusion, or impatience → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1866 — AMP anxiety, fear, terror; esp. a restless state of mind which prevents one from sleeping; anxious anticipation → Sc.
1876 — FANTODS a state of anxiety or excitement; fidgets → Amer. dial.
1896 — JIMJAMS feelings of anxiety, uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation → Amer. dial.
1898 — CARE mental depression, anxiety → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 — PULL an anxious moment → sl.
..20C — KATZENJAMMER anxiety or jitters → US sl.
1905 — EARTH-SWEAT a state of great anxiety in which one sweats a great deal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — ONTAKING great anxiety or excitement, a rush → Sc.
1922 — LEAPS anxiety, nervousness → US sl.
1923 — HEEBIE-JEEBIES a sense of anxiety; the jitters → US sl.
1926 — HEEBIES a sense of anxiety; the jitters → US sl.
1930 — ANTS anxiety; an unrelaxed, disturbed condition; acute restlessness → Amer. sl.
1938 — JEEBIES a feeling of anxiety or apprehension → Amer. sl.
1940 — BUTTERFLIES IN ONE’S STOMACH a feeling of queasiness or tension in the abdomen, esp. as the result of anxiety; jitters → sl.
1941 — BUTTERFLIES a feeling of queasiness or tension in the abdomen, esp. as the result of anxiety; jitters → sl.
1946 — THE ABDABS → THE HABDABS a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness → UK sl.
1946 — THE SCREAMING ABDABS → THE SCREAMING HABDABS a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness → UK sl.
1959 — THE COLLYWOBBLES intense anxiety or nervousness; a feeling of internal queasiness at the prospect of a difficult or frightening undertaking → sl.
1960 — TSURIS → TSORIS → TZURIS anxieties; troubles; tribulations; sufferings → US sl.
1966 — JIGGERS feelings of anxiety, uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort, illness, or vexation → Amer. dial.
1967 — THE JIBBIES a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, depression → Amer. dial.
1968 — WHITE-KNUCKLER an event or experience provoking extreme anxiety, fear, or suspense → colloq.
1969 — CAN’T-HARDLIES a state of anxiety or impatience → Amer. dial.
1971 — NAIL BITER an anxiety-provoking situation, esp. a close contest → US sl.
1979 — AGITA anxiety, agitation → US sl.
1983 — EDGAR BRITTS → EDGARS anxiety, a bad mood, fear → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘the shits’
1996 — HEEB a sense of anxiety; a jittery sensation; a fearful feeling → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1848 — WORRIT an over-anxious, worrying, person; a querulous person; one who teases or pesters → Eng. dial.
1861 — BREFFITS a child in a state of breathless anxiety; a fidgety, restless person → Eng. dial.
..20C — WIRE an anxious, excitable person → Amer. sl.
1918 — HAND-WRINGER a person who wrings their hands in anxiety, grief, or despair
1943 — ANXIOUS SEATER a person who is on the ‘anxious bench’ → Amer. dial.
1972 — WHITE-KNUCKLER an anxious or tense person → colloq.
1999 — HEADWRECKER a person who causes a great deal of anxiety or unhappiness → sl.
2000 — HEADWRECK a person who causes a great deal of anxiety or unhappiness → sl.
2004 — BAG OF NERVES a person who is extremely anxious, timid, or tense (Bk.)
PHRASES
1893 — WHAT’S EATING YOU? what’s making you anxious or nervous? → sl., orig. US
VERBS
1350 — CARK to be anxious, to be full of anxious thought; to fret oneself; to labour anxiously, to toil and moil → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 — SYTE FOR to be anxious or troubled about something → obs.
1663 — BE ABLE TO SLEEP ON BOTH EARS to be free from anxiety → obs.
1766 — MANG to feel great but suppressed anxiety; to become frantic → Sc.
1775 — FEAK → FEEK to be anxious or uneasy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1789 — FUNK to affect with anxiety, to unsettle; to frighten or scare a person → obs.
..E19 — WORRIT to be anxious, to be worried → sl.
1832 — QUIDDLE to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget → chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
1869 — RATTLE to make anxious or nervous → sl., orig. US
..20C — MAKE SOMEONE JUMP to keep someone in a state of anxiety or fear → sl.
1900 — HAVE KITTENS to be in a state of anxiety, great excitement, or anger; to behave frenziedly → sl., orig. US
1905 — BE ILL TAKEN to be anxious, disturbed or mentally upset → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TERRIFY to be anxious about nothing; to fret → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — FEEL AS THOUGH DEATHSTRUCK to feel anxious, apprehensive, or greatly distressed → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — AMP to be anxious or restless; to be unable to sleep → Sc.
1916 — DO (IN) YOUR BLOCK to become anxious, angry, or excited → Aust. sl.
1916 — LOSE ONE’S BLOCK to become anxious, angry, or excited → sl.
1919 — SWEAT ON THE TOP LINE to be anxious or nervous → sl., orig. services’ usage
1920 — HAVE HOT PANTS to be anxious or worried → sl., orig. US
1923 — RACK to be over-anxious; to worry needlessly → Sc.
1936 — DO ONE’S NUT to be very anxious, angry, or upset → sl.
1939 — CHEW ONE’S BITS → CHEW THE BIT to be anxious, eager, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry → Amer. dial.
1940 — DO ONE’S PEGS to become anxious, angry, or excited → Aust. sl.
1970 — SUCK AIR to be afraid or alarmed, so as to pant; to hyperventilate with anxiety → US sl.
1973 — SWEAT to be anxious or nervous → sl.
1988 — BUG to be anxious, to panic → US sl.
2000 — PLANK IT to be anxious → Irish sl.
2006 — CLUTCH UP to become very anxious and tense; to freeze with anxiety → US sl. (Bk.)