anxiousadj.

Brit.

/ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs/, U.S.

/ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs/

Forms: 1500s anxiouse, 1500s anxius, 1500s anxyouse, 1500s– anxious, 1800s anshus (U.S. regional (North Carolina)), 1900s angshus (English regional (Devon and Yorkshire)).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anxius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin anxius worried, disturbed, uneasy, involving anxiety or distress, causing anguish or distress, careful, painstaking, cautious ( < angere to choke, strangle (see angor n.) + -ius , suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin anxiosus (of sleep) disturbed, broken (5th cent.), Middle French, French anxieux causing anxiety (1529), experiencing anxiety (1533), Catalan ansiós (c1390), Spanish ansioso (1489 as anxioso ), Portuguese ansioso (1589 as anxioso ), Italian ansioso (a1416). Compare earlier anxiety n.

a. Of a person: experiencing worry or nervousness, typically about the future or something with an uncertain outcome; in a troubled or uneasy state of mind as a result of such worry. Also: disposed or prone to anxiety.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > uneasily

anxious1548

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > uneasy

fordrevedc1175

unquemea1400

fearful1535

anxious1548

qualming1576

uneasy1680

scrupulous1851

fidgeting1855

hinky1956

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective]

busyOE

howful970

carefulOE

angerful?c1225

yemelichc1275

thoughtfulc1300

anguishousc1325

curiousc1400

carkfulc1449

solicitate?a1475

solicit?1526

fearful1535

anxious1548

carking1567

solicitous1570

solicitudinousa1682

thoughted1869

uptight1934

1548 N. Lesse tr. F. Lambert Minde & Iudgem. xii. f. li Wherfore do we then endeuour oure selues to do anie thinge, wherefore are we so anxiouse & careful [L. soliciti]?

1636 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 24 [I] am often anxious, & cast down for the case of my oppressed brother.

1687 P. Ayres Lyric Poems 14 Nights and Days an anxious Wretch by stealth Creeps out to view the place which hoards his Wealth.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 18 They wait, Anxious, and trembling for the Birth of Fate.

1787 County Mag. July 304/2 Pale disease..Robs my anxious soul of all its rest.

1812 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. ii. 34 A disposition naturally anxious and nervous.

1882 J. E. Kingsbury Telephone 38 An anxious mother..called through the Exchange for the doctor.

1915 C. Mathewson Catcher Craig xv. 196 The infield still played short-field and Mr. Williams looked a little bit anxious.

1970 N. Timms Social Work ii. 39 Mr. W. was also rather an anxious person.

2001 S. LeVert & G. McClain Compl. Idiot's Guide breaking Bad Habits xi. 116 Alcohol..seems a perfect ‘socializer’ for people who feel anxious at parties.

b. With about, for, †of, over, etc., specifying the cause of anxiety.

ΚΠ

1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 29 I have said so much for our callings: as..may make them not only carefull and curious, but even perplexedly anxious also for their owne credit.

1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. iv. 77 The Italian nation, so double-hearted, so full of fallacies, so anxious of priuate interesses.

1651 D. Dickson Brief Expos. Matthew (ed. 3) 71 It is not lawful to be anxious about things necessary, as food or rayment.

1706 G. Granville Brit. Enchanters i. i. 3 Anxious of Neglect, suspecting Change.

1761 W. Kenrick tr. J. J. Rousseau Eloisa II. cvi. 175 When the only thing which he admired no longer exists, surely he will be little anxious about the rest.

1839 S. Gray Spaniard iv. v. 292 You'll never scheme capitally in the world, if you be so anxious over consequences.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 197 The counsellors of Charles..were anxious for their own safety.

1890 C. Martin Austral. Girl II. xv. 274 He was anxious about one of the patients he visited that day.

1943 L. I. Wilder Happy Golden Years vii. 64 Every morning Laura was anxious about the school day ahead.

1999 Leading Lights 2 15/1 The Principal Keeper's comment, uttered with an audibility that made me anxious for him, was ‘Shocking noise’.

2002 Sydney Morning Herald 6 Apr. 49/3 (headline) Executives anxious over contracts and side letters.

2. Causing or fraught with anxiety; distressing, worrying.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > causing or fraught with anxiety

carefulc1200

anxious?1555

anxiogenic1956

?1555 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Office of Husband sig. X.vj^v If thy wife howsoeuer she be apparelled, do content thee & please the..to what purpose are these anxious [L. anxius], molestious, perillous, & hurtful ornamentes sought for & desired?

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G3 She is vext with..an anxious [printed auxious] remembrance of all the parts that euer she plaide on the vnruly stage of the world.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 185 Life, from which God hath bid dwell farr off all anxious cares.

1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. sig. P2 That which is most of all Anxious is that Morality is denyed to be Christianity.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 130 Is not both the Possession and Pursuit of Wealth, to those who really love it, ever anxious?

1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress iv. iii. 85 The most anxious event of my life presses on me.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. viii. 161 The anxious interval wore away unproductively.

1848 C. Brontë Let. 5 Nov. (2000) II. 135 I grieve for your sorrow and sympathize in your anxious cares.

1918 D. Haig Diary 31 May in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 416 Foch told me that the situation was anxious: the reserves which had been sent forward had ‘melted away very quickly’.

1978 Washington Post 24 Mar. b6/2 Her many backers had some anxious moments as she shortened stride after a clear lead at the head of the stretch.

2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 25 June 35/1 A country vet faces an anxious wait for results after coming into contact with the lethal..virus.

3. Having a strong desire for something, to do something, or that something should happen; keen, eager, greatly concerned.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective]

yernc893

oflisteOE

courageousc1290

eager?a1300

greedya1300

keena1375

affectuousa1400

lickerousc1405

appetentc1420

affectual1483

gasping1517

zealous1531

avidious1534

avidous1542

affectivec1550

anxious1570

lickerish1579

solicitous1628

mantling1657

ambitioning1683

urgent1753

avid1769

agasp1800

concernable1886

yearnful1889

yevery1896

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. vii. 971/1 He..was very anxious and inquisitiue to heare the iudgementes of other, which were both aged, & learned.

1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 55 Hee [sc. a gentleman without means] lesse feares to offend God then his rich idols..: being euer superstitiously anxious to delight their eyes.

1680 T. Shadwell Woman-captain iii. 33 Is not this better than venturing life for Ambition, being perpetually anxious for a Blew-Ribbon, or a white-Staff.

1743 R. Blair Grave 7 The gentle Heart Anxious to please.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 73/1 An incredible silence reigned among the people, anxious for the event, and lost in suspense.

1803 Ld. Nelson Let. to R. Suckling 23 Mar. Mr. Horace Suckling..is very anxious that you should present him to the vacant living.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §13. 93 I was anxious to see many parts of it once more.

1950 E. Paul Springtime in Paris iii. 73 Carmen was standing by..pathetically anxious not to seem overcurious.

1982 A. N. Wilson Wise Virgin (1984) viii. 158 She's very anxious that you should like her.

2005 J. Fredston Snowstruck iii. 81 At first stampeders worked in rare collaboration, but as time uncoiled, they became increasingly anxious for the blockade to be lifted.

4. Of parts of the body, or actions, gestures, expressions, etc.: manifesting or betraying a person's anxiety.

ΚΠ

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxxxi. 21 Armed Edwards look'd, with anxious eyes, to see this Fleet among unequal foes.

1705 R. Blackmore Eliza i. 10 Publick Concern dwelt on his anxious Brow.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 65 Diverting themselves..at the anxious faces they saw..through the oilets of the tower.

1807 Ld. Byron Episode of Nisus 95 With anxious tremors,..The faithful pair before the throne appear.

1838 Student 5 225 The anxious twitching of his lips as they moved in speech.

1892 Outing July 261/2 Teddy Marlow,..with an anxious look on his girlish face, started for the track.

1904 Albert Lea (Minnesota) 24 Aug. More serious pacing to and fro, and more anxious shaking of the head on the part of Mr. Stock.

1993 B. Kingsolver Pigs in Heaven i. ii. 12 Her thin, dark limbs and anxious eyebrows give her a pleading look.

2012 N. Barker Yips ix. 426 He raises an anxious hand to his neck (for the umpteenth time).

Compounds

C1. Parasynthetic and complementary.

anxious-eyed adj.

ΚΠ

1845 Fraser's Mag. July 66 There is your lean, anxious-eyed priest.

1929 Flying Mag. Jan. 64/2 A small crowd of anxious-eyed men would dart from the hangars to first inspect the wreck.

2012 Australian (Nexis) 2 Feb. 28 [They] were photographed in their living room in Surrey, with grandparents and anxious-eyed dog.

anxious-faced adj.

ΚΠ

1839 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 24 Feb. 38/1 A very decent but anxious-faced elderly woman.

1965 Times 30 Dec. 9 His [sc. Kipling's] bedside has been ringed round by anxious-faced literary specialists.

2014 S. Wilson Mother's Secret v. 102 He was the only male left in the waiting room, with an anxious-faced female holding his hand.

anxious-looking adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression

cheeredc1225

fieryc1390

hanging-dog1667

hang-dog1677

rock-faced1741

anxious-looking1809

sparkling1837

quizzical1859

poutful1886

old-fashioned1911

rock-like1948

1809 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 17 June 903 I was shown into an anti-chamber amongst numerous anxious-looking men.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. xlv. 288 Gwendolen..glanced round her.., fearful lest an anxious-looking exploration in search of Deronda might be observed by her husband.

1944 R. Chandler Lady in Lake v. 30 An anxious-looking bird thumped past on a power-scooter.

2009 C. Clark Red Velvet Turnshoe v. 49 There were one or two anxious-looking port officials standing on the quay.

anxious-making adj.

ΚΠ

1933 M. Steen Peepshow iv. 56 All-Of-A-Suddens are the best sort of out-door entertainments to give; they are certainly less anxious-making than the other sort.

2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 14 Holidays can be the most anxious-making time, because there's such an overwhelming concern that everyone should be happy.

anxious-sounding adj.

ΚΠ

1857 A. C. Kendrick tr. H. Olshausen Biblical Comm. New Test. III. 153 To the apparently jealous, or at least anxious-sounding question of Peter, Jesus now replied.

1915 Boston Evening Globe 29 Sept. 12/4 From a distant fence post he would call in the most anxious sounding voice.

2008 New Yorker 22 Sept. 32/2 The Governor's anxious-sounding answers to his questions produced more than enough awkward moments.

C2.

anxious bench n. U.S. Christian Church (now chiefly historical) = anxious seat n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance

penitent form1563

repenting stool1567

stool of repentance1581

place of repentance1582

repentance stool1591

repentance seat1771

cutty-stoola1774

Mercy seat1818

anxious seat1827

anxious bench1832

mourner's bench1834

mourner's seat1845

moaner's bench1929

1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. vii. 111 The poor creatures..seated themselves on the ‘anxious benches’.

1906 N.Y. Evening Post 23 Nov. 1 The entire diplomatic corps at Havana is..on the ‘anxious bench’.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 16/4 The new evangelism meant cries and groans and fervent praying, long, spontaneous preaching, and even an ‘Anxious Bench’.

anxious seat n. U.S. Christian Church (now chiefly historical) (at an evangelical revival meeting) a seat, located near the front of the congregation, on which those with a troubled conscience or otherwise in need of spiritual guidance are encouraged to sit; frequently figurative in on the anxious seat: in a state of anxiety.Particularly associated with the revivalist preacher Charles G. Finney (1792–1875).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance

penitent form1563

repenting stool1567

stool of repentance1581

place of repentance1582

repentance stool1591

repentance seat1771

cutty-stoola1774

Mercy seat1818

anxious seat1827

anxious bench1832

mourner's bench1834

mourner's seat1845

moaner's bench1929

1827 I. Anderson in Calvinistic Mag. Oct. 312 On Monday six took a decided public stand on the Lord's side, and about twenty-five or thirty took the anxious seats.

1837 Herald (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 1/1 Many of your readers are on the ‘anxious seat’ with respect to the account you said you should give of the Rev. Jedediah Burchard.

1876 C. G. Finney Mem. xxi. 288 I had never..until I went to Rochester, used as a means of promoting revivals, what has since been called ‘the anxious seat’.

1954 Z. N. Hurston Let. 6 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 718 I am indeed on the anxious seat, but not because of me, but for your sake.

2005 T. Nettles Ready for Reformation v. 59 The anxious seat gave way to the invitation formula. Evangelists began to call people to come immediately to the front of the congregation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anxious
释义	anxiousadj. Brit. /ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs/, U.S. /ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs/ Forms: 1500s anxiouse, 1500s anxius, 1500s anxyouse, 1500s– anxious, 1800s anshus (U.S. regional (North Carolina)), 1900s angshus (English regional (Devon and Yorkshire)). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin anxius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin anxius worried, disturbed, uneasy, involving anxiety or distress, causing anguish or distress, careful, painstaking, cautious ( < angere to choke, strangle (see angor n.) + -ius , suffix forming adjectives) + -ous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin anxiosus (of sleep) disturbed, broken (5th cent.), Middle French, French anxieux causing anxiety (1529), experiencing anxiety (1533), Catalan ansiós (c1390), Spanish ansioso (1489 as anxioso ), Portuguese ansioso (1589 as anxioso ), Italian ansioso (a1416). Compare earlier anxiety n. 1. a. Of a person: experiencing worry or nervousness, typically about the future or something with an uncertain outcome; in a troubled or uneasy state of mind as a result of such worry. Also: disposed or prone to anxiety. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] > uneasily anxious1548 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > uneasy fordrevedc1175 unquemea1400 fearful1535 anxious1548 qualming1576 uneasy1680 scrupulous1851 fidgeting1855 hinky1956 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] busyOE howful970 carefulOE angerful?c1225 yemelichc1275 thoughtfulc1300 anguishousc1325 curiousc1400 carkfulc1449 solicitate?a1475 solicit?1526 fearful1535 anxious1548 carking1567 solicitous1570 solicitudinousa1682 thoughted1869 uptight1934 1548 N. Lesse tr. F. Lambert Minde & Iudgem. xii. f. li Wherfore do we then endeuour oure selues to do anie thinge, wherefore are we so anxiouse & careful [L. soliciti]? 1636 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 24 [I] am often anxious, & cast down for the case of my oppressed brother. 1687 P. Ayres Lyric Poems 14 Nights and Days an anxious Wretch by stealth Creeps out to view the place which hoards his Wealth. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 18 They wait, Anxious, and trembling for the Birth of Fate. 1787 County Mag. July 304/2 Pale disease..Robs my anxious soul of all its rest. 1812 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. ii. 34 A disposition naturally anxious and nervous. 1882 J. E. Kingsbury Telephone 38 An anxious mother..called through the Exchange for the doctor. 1915 C. Mathewson Catcher Craig xv. 196 The infield still played short-field and Mr. Williams looked a little bit anxious. 1970 N. Timms Social Work ii. 39 Mr. W. was also rather an anxious person. 2001 S. LeVert & G. McClain Compl. Idiot's Guide breaking Bad Habits xi. 116 Alcohol..seems a perfect ‘socializer’ for people who feel anxious at parties. b. With about, for, †of, over, etc., specifying the cause of anxiety. ΚΠ 1614 P. Forbes Def. Lawful Calling 29 I have said so much for our callings: as..may make them not only carefull and curious, but even perplexedly anxious also for their owne credit. 1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. iv. 77 The Italian nation, so double-hearted, so full of fallacies, so anxious of priuate interesses. 1651 D. Dickson Brief Expos. Matthew (ed. 3) 71 It is not lawful to be anxious about things necessary, as food or rayment. 1706 G. Granville Brit. Enchanters i. i. 3 Anxious of Neglect, suspecting Change. 1761 W. Kenrick tr. J. J. Rousseau Eloisa II. cvi. 175 When the only thing which he admired no longer exists, surely he will be little anxious about the rest. 1839 S. Gray Spaniard iv. v. 292 You'll never scheme capitally in the world, if you be so anxious over consequences. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 197 The counsellors of Charles..were anxious for their own safety. 1890 C. Martin Austral. Girl II. xv. 274 He was anxious about one of the patients he visited that day. 1943 L. I. Wilder Happy Golden Years vii. 64 Every morning Laura was anxious about the school day ahead. 1999 Leading Lights 2 15/1 The Principal Keeper's comment, uttered with an audibility that made me anxious for him, was ‘Shocking noise’. 2002 Sydney Morning Herald 6 Apr. 49/3 (headline) Executives anxious over contracts and side letters. 2. Causing or fraught with anxiety; distressing, worrying. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > causing or fraught with anxiety carefulc1200 anxious?1555 anxiogenic1956 ?1555 T. Paynell tr. J. L. Vives Office of Husband sig. X.vj^v If thy wife howsoeuer she be apparelled, do content thee & please the..to what purpose are these anxious [L. anxius], molestious, perillous, & hurtful ornamentes sought for & desired? 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G3 She is vext with..an anxious [printed auxious] remembrance of all the parts that euer she plaide on the vnruly stage of the world. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 185 Life, from which God hath bid dwell farr off all anxious cares. View more context for this quotation 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. sig. P2 That which is most of all Anxious is that Morality is denyed to be Christianity. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 130 Is not both the Possession and Pursuit of Wealth, to those who really love it, ever anxious? 1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress iv. iii. 85 The most anxious event of my life presses on me. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. viii. 161 The anxious interval wore away unproductively. View more context for this quotation 1848 C. Brontë Let. 5 Nov. (2000) II. 135 I grieve for your sorrow and sympathize in your anxious cares. 1918 D. Haig Diary 31 May in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 416 Foch told me that the situation was anxious: the reserves which had been sent forward had ‘melted away very quickly’. 1978 Washington Post 24 Mar. b6/2 Her many backers had some anxious moments as she shortened stride after a clear lead at the head of the stretch. 2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 25 June 35/1 A country vet faces an anxious wait for results after coming into contact with the lethal..virus. 3. Having a strong desire for something, to do something, or that something should happen; keen, eager, greatly concerned. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective] yernc893 oflisteOE courageousc1290 eager?a1300 greedya1300 keena1375 affectuousa1400 lickerousc1405 appetentc1420 affectual1483 gasping1517 zealous1531 avidious1534 avidous1542 affectivec1550 anxious1570 lickerish1579 solicitous1628 mantling1657 ambitioning1683 urgent1753 avid1769 agasp1800 concernable1886 yearnful1889 yevery1896 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. vii. 971/1 He..was very anxious and inquisitiue to heare the iudgementes of other, which were both aged, & learned. 1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 55 Hee [sc. a gentleman without means] lesse feares to offend God then his rich idols..: being euer superstitiously anxious to delight their eyes. 1680 T. Shadwell Woman-captain iii. 33 Is not this better than venturing life for Ambition, being perpetually anxious for a Blew-Ribbon, or a white-Staff. 1743 R. Blair Grave 7 The gentle Heart Anxious to please. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) I. 73/1 An incredible silence reigned among the people, anxious for the event, and lost in suspense. 1803 Ld. Nelson Let. to R. Suckling 23 Mar. Mr. Horace Suckling..is very anxious that you should present him to the vacant living. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §13. 93 I was anxious to see many parts of it once more. 1950 E. Paul Springtime in Paris iii. 73 Carmen was standing by..pathetically anxious not to seem overcurious. 1982 A. N. Wilson Wise Virgin (1984) viii. 158 She's very anxious that you should like her. 2005 J. Fredston Snowstruck iii. 81 At first stampeders worked in rare collaboration, but as time uncoiled, they became increasingly anxious for the blockade to be lifted. 4. Of parts of the body, or actions, gestures, expressions, etc.: manifesting or betraying a person's anxiety. ΚΠ 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxxxi. 21 Armed Edwards look'd, with anxious eyes, to see this Fleet among unequal foes. 1705 R. Blackmore Eliza i. 10 Publick Concern dwelt on his anxious Brow. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 65 Diverting themselves..at the anxious faces they saw..through the oilets of the tower. 1807 Ld. Byron Episode of Nisus 95 With anxious tremors,..The faithful pair before the throne appear. 1838 Student 5 225 The anxious twitching of his lips as they moved in speech. 1892 Outing July 261/2 Teddy Marlow,..with an anxious look on his girlish face, started for the track. 1904 Albert Lea (Minnesota) 24 Aug. More serious pacing to and fro, and more anxious shaking of the head on the part of Mr. Stock. 1993 B. Kingsolver Pigs in Heaven i. ii. 12 Her thin, dark limbs and anxious eyebrows give her a pleading look. 2012 N. Barker Yips ix. 426 He raises an anxious hand to his neck (for the umpteenth time). Compounds C1. Parasynthetic and complementary. anxious-eyed adj. ΚΠ 1845 Fraser's Mag. July 66 There is your lean, anxious-eyed priest. 1929 Flying Mag. Jan. 64/2 A small crowd of anxious-eyed men would dart from the hangars to first inspect the wreck. 2012 Australian (Nexis) 2 Feb. 28 [They] were photographed in their living room in Surrey, with grandparents and anxious-eyed dog. anxious-faced adj. ΚΠ 1839 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 24 Feb. 38/1 A very decent but anxious-faced elderly woman. 1965 Times 30 Dec. 9 His [sc. Kipling's] bedside has been ringed round by anxious-faced literary specialists. 2014 S. Wilson Mother's Secret v. 102 He was the only male left in the waiting room, with an anxious-faced female holding his hand. anxious-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression cheeredc1225 fieryc1390 hanging-dog1667 hang-dog1677 rock-faced1741 anxious-looking1809 sparkling1837 quizzical1859 poutful1886 old-fashioned1911 rock-like1948 1809 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 17 June 903 I was shown into an anti-chamber amongst numerous anxious-looking men. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. xlv. 288 Gwendolen..glanced round her.., fearful lest an anxious-looking exploration in search of Deronda might be observed by her husband. 1944 R. Chandler Lady in Lake v. 30 An anxious-looking bird thumped past on a power-scooter. 2009 C. Clark Red Velvet Turnshoe v. 49 There were one or two anxious-looking port officials standing on the quay. anxious-making adj. ΚΠ 1933 M. Steen Peepshow iv. 56 All-Of-A-Suddens are the best sort of out-door entertainments to give; they are certainly less anxious-making than the other sort. 2014 Sunday Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. 14 Holidays can be the most anxious-making time, because there's such an overwhelming concern that everyone should be happy. anxious-sounding adj. ΚΠ 1857 A. C. Kendrick tr. H. Olshausen Biblical Comm. New Test. III. 153 To the apparently jealous, or at least anxious-sounding question of Peter, Jesus now replied. 1915 Boston Evening Globe 29 Sept. 12/4 From a distant fence post he would call in the most anxious sounding voice. 2008 New Yorker 22 Sept. 32/2 The Governor's anxious-sounding answers to his questions produced more than enough awkward moments. C2. anxious bench n. U.S. Christian Church (now chiefly historical) = anxious seat n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance penitent form1563 repenting stool1567 stool of repentance1581 place of repentance1582 repentance stool1591 repentance seat1771 cutty-stoola1774 Mercy seat1818 anxious seat1827 anxious bench1832 mourner's bench1834 mourner's seat1845 moaner's bench1929 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. vii. 111 The poor creatures..seated themselves on the ‘anxious benches’. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 23 Nov. 1 The entire diplomatic corps at Havana is..on the ‘anxious bench’. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 16/4 The new evangelism meant cries and groans and fervent praying, long, spontaneous preaching, and even an ‘Anxious Bench’. anxious seat n. U.S. Christian Church (now chiefly historical) (at an evangelical revival meeting) a seat, located near the front of the congregation, on which those with a troubled conscience or otherwise in need of spiritual guidance are encouraged to sit; frequently figurative in on the anxious seat: in a state of anxiety.Particularly associated with the revivalist preacher Charles G. Finney (1792–1875). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > of repentance penitent form1563 repenting stool1567 stool of repentance1581 place of repentance1582 repentance stool1591 repentance seat1771 cutty-stoola1774 Mercy seat1818 anxious seat1827 anxious bench1832 mourner's bench1834 mourner's seat1845 moaner's bench1929 1827 I. Anderson in Calvinistic Mag. Oct. 312 On Monday six took a decided public stand on the Lord's side, and about twenty-five or thirty took the anxious seats. 1837 Herald (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 1/1 Many of your readers are on the ‘anxious seat’ with respect to the account you said you should give of the Rev. Jedediah Burchard. 1876 C. G. Finney Mem. xxi. 288 I had never..until I went to Rochester, used as a means of promoting revivals, what has since been called ‘the anxious seat’. 1954 Z. N. Hurston Let. 6 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 718 I am indeed on the anxious seat, but not because of me, but for your sake. 2005 T. Nettles Ready for Reformation v. 59 The anxious seat gave way to the invitation formula. Evangelists began to call people to come immediately to the front of the congregation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1548
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