Anxious
Anxious adjective - Showing urgent desire or interest.
Usage example: I'm anxious for my birthday party
Interested and anxious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Interested" instead an adjective "Anxious".
Interested
Interested adjective - Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern.
Anxious and interested are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anxious" instead an adjective "Interested".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ardent and anxious
- ardent and interested
- keen and anxious
- keen and interested
- intent and anxious
- intent and interested
- eager and anxious
- eager and interested
- desirous and anxious
- desirous and interested
- solicitous and anxious
- solicitous and interested
- enthusiastic and anxious
- enthusiastic and interested
Both words in one sentence
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It interested and inflamed him; and he was always more anxious for its Success and mourned over its Discomfitures with more Tenderness than could ever have been contemplated by the Authors.
Source: Creator / Jane Austen
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