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overanxious

[ oh-ver-angk-shuh s, -ang- ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈæŋk ʃəs, -ˈæŋ- /

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adjective

excessively anxious.

Origin of overanxious

First recorded in 1735–45; over- + anxious

OTHER WORDS FROM overanxious

o·ver·anx·i·e·ty

[oh-ver-ang-zahy-i-tee] /ˈoʊ vər æŋˈzaɪ ɪ ti/, o·ver·anx·ious·ness, noun o·ver·anx·ious·ly, adverb

Words nearby overanxious

overactive, overage, overaggressive, overall, overambitious, overanxious, overanxious disorder, overarch, overarching, overarm, overate

Example sentences from the Web for overanxious

One problem is the tendency of overanxious parents to “interview for pain” at the end of a school day.

The Bullying Backlash |Lisa Wolfe |December 1, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He was a nervous child with a habit spasm, the son of a highly neurotic father and an overanxious mother.

The Nervous Child |Hector Charles Cameron
Once before, in the Maine woods, he had been an unwilling target, on that occasion for an overanxious deer hunter.

'Smiles' |Eliot H. Robinson
She was being made temporarily ill by the unwise and unfortunate suggestions of the overanxious mother.

The Mother and Her Child |William S. Sadler

She felt he was not overanxious to caress her, and preferred that the rendering of this impossible should come from her side.

Halcyone |Elinor Glyn
“Aunt Prissy likes Louise; we all do,” pleaded Faith; so her father said no more, thinking that perhaps he had been overanxious.

A Little Maid of Ticonderoga |Alice Turner Curtis

British Dictionary definitions for overanxious

overanxious

/ (ˌəʊvərˈæŋkʃəs, -ˈæŋʃəs) /

adjective

excessively worried, tense, or uneasy