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单词 overanxious
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Definition of overanxious in English:

overanxious

adjectiveəʊvərˈaŋkʃəsˌoʊvərˈæŋ(k)ʃəs
  • Excessively anxious.

    she was overanxious, talking too much
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's a little more patient; in previous years, he seemed overanxious.
    • This is meant as a pleasant diversion where even the fight scenes lack force, apparently so as not to make the audience of teenage girls overanxious.
    • There is also a category of overanxious drivers who start revving up their vehicles when 15 to 20 seconds are still left for the green signal to light up.
    • When the team puts runners in scoring position, hitters are overanxious and tend to swing at bad pitches early in the count.
    • But in the hands of an overanxious company executive it can just as easily become a chilly fog that obfuscates the common truth.
    • The hitters have been overanxious and are pressing too much in clutch situations.
    • He's still undisciplined, overanxious and - currently - saddled with injuries, but fun to watch regardless.
    • Before, he'd try to do too much or be overanxious.
    • Sophie proves to be a pretty, overanxious, often stammering young woman, sometimes unable to finish a spoken sentence.
    • As I said, when he thinks visitors might be interested in his story, he gets a bit overanxious to show them everything.
    • He lambastes overanxious pop rappers, racial tension, and society's preconceptions in a nasal hopscotch speed rap over frantic instrumentals.
    • Even if no lawsuit is filed, it can be quite unsettling to deal with overanxious beneficiaries who want their inheritances immediately.
    • It seems like nothing more than a hypochondriacal disorder or the ramblings of an overanxious person.
    • I was dying to go walk down to dinner with him, but I didn't want to seem overanxious.
    • Being overanxious to beat Jeremy, I took off after the first noise I heard, and startled a couple of field mice.
    • In my overanxious state, I started looking around the crowd mostly to alleviate the boredom of the MC who had been announcing the night's festivities for over five minutes.
    • But Pete has concealed the job from everyone, especially his overanxious mother, who regards the city as a dangerous place that swallows up feckless visitors like Pete's father, who is absent or dead.
    • An overanxious public relations person assigned to promoting Office 2003 among reviewers has been e-mailing me regularly, nervously asking what my reviews are going to say.
    • I am a little overanxious for his input into long-range planning.
    Synonyms
    nervous, excitable, temperamental, sensitive, unstable, brittle, easily upset, easily agitated, on edge, edgy, jumpy, keyed up, irritable, fidgety, restive, restless, anxious, tense, taut, stressed, overwrought, neurotic

Derivatives

  • overanxiety

  • nounəʊvəraŋˈzʌɪɪti
    • A child's doctor is not required to clarify whether inappropriate parental care is due to mental illness, deprivation, distorted views of science, or persisting overanxiety before acting to promote the welfare of the child.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He showed no signs of overanxiety or excitement, but kept a cold expression most of the time we were at the shipyard.
  • overanxiously

  • adverb
 
 

Definition of overanxious in US English:

overanxious

adjectiveˌoʊvərˈæŋ(k)ʃəsˌōvərˈaNG(k)SHəs
  • Excessively anxious.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But in the hands of an overanxious company executive it can just as easily become a chilly fog that obfuscates the common truth.
    • He's a little more patient; in previous years, he seemed overanxious.
    • Being overanxious to beat Jeremy, I took off after the first noise I heard, and startled a couple of field mice.
    • Sophie proves to be a pretty, overanxious, often stammering young woman, sometimes unable to finish a spoken sentence.
    • There is also a category of overanxious drivers who start revving up their vehicles when 15 to 20 seconds are still left for the green signal to light up.
    • I was dying to go walk down to dinner with him, but I didn't want to seem overanxious.
    • When the team puts runners in scoring position, hitters are overanxious and tend to swing at bad pitches early in the count.
    • Even if no lawsuit is filed, it can be quite unsettling to deal with overanxious beneficiaries who want their inheritances immediately.
    • But Pete has concealed the job from everyone, especially his overanxious mother, who regards the city as a dangerous place that swallows up feckless visitors like Pete's father, who is absent or dead.
    • An overanxious public relations person assigned to promoting Office 2003 among reviewers has been e-mailing me regularly, nervously asking what my reviews are going to say.
    • He's still undisciplined, overanxious and - currently - saddled with injuries, but fun to watch regardless.
    • This is meant as a pleasant diversion where even the fight scenes lack force, apparently so as not to make the audience of teenage girls overanxious.
    • I am a little overanxious for his input into long-range planning.
    • Before, he'd try to do too much or be overanxious.
    • It seems like nothing more than a hypochondriacal disorder or the ramblings of an overanxious person.
    • In my overanxious state, I started looking around the crowd mostly to alleviate the boredom of the MC who had been announcing the night's festivities for over five minutes.
    • As I said, when he thinks visitors might be interested in his story, he gets a bit overanxious to show them everything.
    • The hitters have been overanxious and are pressing too much in clutch situations.
    • He lambastes overanxious pop rappers, racial tension, and society's preconceptions in a nasal hopscotch speed rap over frantic instrumentals.
    Synonyms
    nervous, excitable, temperamental, sensitive, unstable, brittle, easily upset, easily agitated, on edge, edgy, jumpy, keyed up, irritable, fidgety, restive, restless, anxious, tense, taut, stressed, overwrought, neurotic
 
 
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