Antonyms for anxiousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : angk-shuhs, ang-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæŋk ʃəs, ˈæŋ-

Definition of anxiousness

Origin : 1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.

noun anxiety

Example sentences :

One day he was seized with anxiousness for his soul's future.
Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel

But his father's anxiousness would be greater than his own could be.
Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

And the anxiousness of the combat and the battle came upon him.
Extract from : « The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tin B Calnge » by Unknown

By another spring the aching and anxiousness were a little dulled, for habit blunts even the keen edge of mortal pain.
Extract from : « The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories » by Various

Was it to speak of his anxiousness as to the state of her father's health that he had led her there, and that he held her hand?
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

And the anxiousness of her spirits directed her eyes towards his figure so repeatedly, as to catch Miss Tilney's notice.
Extract from : « Northanger Abbey » by Jane Austen

My heart throbbed violently, less with the hopes of triumph than with the anxiousness of duplicity, and the dread of detection.
Extract from : « Discipline » by Mary Brunton

Certain elder members of his congregation had privately discussed questions of doctrine with anxiousness.
Extract from : « In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Each of the three faces was pale enough; but Pamela had the trouble of these two, as well as her own anxiousness in her eyes.
Extract from : « Theo » by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett

To be happy is a cause of anxiousness to me; he said, I would like to live long in this house.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland

Synonyms for anxiousness

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