anxietous

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adjective

Afflicted with or marked by anxiety.

Scrabble 16

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adjectiveanxietous (comparative more anxietous, superlative most anxietous)

comparative more anxietous · superlative most anxietous

  1. rareAfflicted with or marked by anxiety.

    I was anxietous; yet, determined to survive this. I kept clenching my thighs to stop myself from pissing my pants.

    2010, D. W. Finton, Don't Put Her Down! You, Put Her There!, RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 33
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    With that patronage in jeopardy, matters must be doubly anxietous with accusations of treason hanging over his head.

    2003, Madeleine E. Robins, Point of Honour, Forge, →ISBN, page 247

    Most of the morning had been spent sleeping, trying to escape my depressing thoughts. […] The only interruption to my anxietous morning had been Pablito's rap at the door to tell me about the vendor's wares outside the hotel.

    2013, Bill Ray Chitwood, The Brutus Gate, Booktango, →ISBN

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