Anxious - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 14/06/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Anxious.

5 letter answer(s) to anxious

ANTSY
  1. nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"
JUMPY
  1. being in a tense state
  2. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
NERVY
  1. being in a tense state
  2. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
  3. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"
TENSE
  1. a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  2. become stretched or tense or taut;
  3. become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
  4. cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
  5. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
  6. increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"
  7. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
  8. taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"

12 letter answer(s) to anxious

APPREHENSIVE
  1. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
  2. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
  3. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

4 letter answer(s) to anxious

EDGY
  1. being in a tense state
  2. Experimental or Avant-guarde.
  3. highly strung

7 letter answer(s) to anxious

FRAUGHT
  1. filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"
  2. marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
FRETFUL
  1. habitually complaining; "a whiny child"
  2. nervous and unable to relax; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "a restless child"
NERVOUS
  1. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
  2. easily agitated; "a nervous addict"; "a nervous thoroughbred"
  3. excited in anticipation
  4. of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
  5. Scared
  6. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
ON EDGE
  1. nervously excited
  2. Uptight
WORRIED
  1. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
  2. be concerned with; "I worry about my grades"
  3. be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
  4. be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job"
  5. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
  6. lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone"
  7. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
  8. pestered
  9. touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"

6 letter answer(s) to anxious

ONEDGE
UNEASY
  1. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
  2. lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group"
  3. lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"
  4. relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
  5. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"

9 letter answer(s) to anxious

PERTURBED
  1. cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet"
  2. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
  3. disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"
  4. throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"
  5. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

Frequently asked questions about ‘Anxious’

What's the best solution for Anxious?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Anxious is EDGY. Other possible answers include ANTSY, APPREHENSIVE, FRAUGHT, FRETFUL, JUMPY, NERVOUS, NERVY, ON EDGE, ONEDGE, PERTURBED, TENSE, UNEASY, WORRIED.

How many solutions are there for Anxious?

We have found 14 possible answers for the crossword clue Anxious.

Which crosswords feature clues like Anxious?

Clues like Anxious often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Guardian Prize, The Daily Telegraph GK, The Observer Everyman, The Independent Inquisitor, The Times Specialist, among others.

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Anxious'

ClueAnswers
Nervous12
Irritable11
Eager10
Tense8
Distressed7
Fidgety7
Worked up7
Apprehensive6
Irascible6
Restless6
Jittery5
Not settled5
Rigid5
Audacious4
Highly strung4
Keyed up4
Taut4
Uptight4
Wired4
Wound up4
Jumpy3
On edge3
On pins and needles3
On tenterhooks3
Stressed3
Stressful3
Uneasy3
Antsy2
Apt to snap2
Concerned2
Edgy2
Ex-lax?2
Excitable2
Full of chutzpah2
Having chutzpah2
High-strung2
Lacking slack2
More than ready2
Nervous, tense2
Nervously excited2
Not relaxed2
Stressed out2
Stretched tight2
Unable to relax2
A dictator gains European leadership in Suspense1
A Parisienne, when meeting unknown quantity, is disturbed1
A single Venetian magistrate drops round, making you nervous1
All keyed up1
All nerves1
All wound up1

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