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And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.
Wendell Willkie

Meaning of "overanxious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERANXIOUS

overanxious  [ˌəʊvərˈæŋkʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERANXIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overanxious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERANXIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overanxious in the English dictionary

The definition of overanxious in the dictionary is excessively worried, tense, or uneasy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERANXIOUS


anxious
ˈæŋkʃəs
compunctious
kəmˈpʌŋkʃəs
contradictious
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃəs
factious
ˈfækʃəs
fractious
ˈfrækʃəs
infectious
ɪnˈfɛkʃəs
innoxious
ɪˈnɒkʃəs
noninfectious
ˌnɒnɪnˈfekʃəs
noxious
ˈnɒkʃəs
obnoxious
əbˈnɒkʃəs
rambunctious
ræmˈbʌŋkʃəs
ructious
ˈrʌkʃəs
rumbunctious
rʌmˈbʌŋkʃəs
unanxious
ʌnˈæŋkʃəs
unobnoxious
ʌnəbˈnɒkʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERANXIOUS

overall majority
overalled
overalls
overambitious
overamplified
overanalyse
overanalysis
overanalytical
overanalyze
overanxiety
overapt
overarch
overarching
overarm
overarousal
overarrange
overassert
overassertion
overassertive
overate

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERANXIOUS

ambitious
conscious
curious
furious
glorious
hilarious
luxurious
mysterious
notorious
obvious
precious
prestigious
previous
prolixious
religious
serious
spacious
suspicious
various
vicious

Synonyms and antonyms of overanxious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overanxious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERANXIOUS

Find out the translation of overanxious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overanxious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overanxious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不能急于求成
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overanxious
570 millions of speakers

English

overanxious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overanxious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مفرط القلق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overanxious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিমাত্রায় উদ্বিগ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hyperanxiété
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überängstlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

心配し過ぎる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지나치게 근심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overanxious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overanxious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overanxious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिशय त्रासदायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fazla endişeli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overanxious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wystraszone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

старанний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overanxious
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερβολικά ανυπόμονοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kwel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overanxious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overanxious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overanxious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERANXIOUS»

The term «overanxious» is normally little used and occupies the 132.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERANXIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overanxious

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QUOTES WITH «OVERANXIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overanxious.
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Wendell Willkie
And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERANXIOUS»

Discover the use of overanxious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overanxious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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International Handbook of Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in ...
_ „ common with the adult-onset diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder presented in the DSM-III-R classification system, but currently there is insufficient information as to whether overanxious disorder is the developmental precursor of  ...
Thomas H. Ollendick, Neville J. King, William Yule, 1994
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Textbook of Anxiety Disorders, Second Edition
They found a 1-year prevalence of overanxious disorder of 2.9%, with a male-to- female ratio of 1.7:1. In this sample, overanxious disorder was more common than simple phobia (2.4%), depression (1.8%), and social phobia (0.9%), but less  ...
Dan J. Stein, Eric Hollander, Barbara O. Rothbaum, 2009
3
Help for Worried Kids: How Your Child Can Conquer Anxiety ...
nostic category “overanxious reaction” for children and adolescents who had excessive worries and other psychological and physical signs of anxiety. In the 1980s overanxious reaction was renamed overanxious disorder, but the essential ...
Cynthia G. Last, 2005
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Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents : A ...
When DSM-IVwas published, anxiety disorders of childhood and adolescence and its two subcategories, overanxious and avoidant disorder, were eliminated. The only anxiety disorder specific to childhood that was retained in the DSM- 7Fwas ...
Child Study Center Virginia Polytechnic Institute Thomas H. Ollendick University Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Director, Program in Child and Adolescent Anxiety Duke University Medical Center John S. March Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director, 2003
5
American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry
Mothers of the children in the three anxiety groups (separation anxiety disorder, overanxious disorder, and separation anxiety disorder plus overanxious disorder ) had a highly significant life-time rate of anxiety compared to mothers of controls  ...
Allan Tasman, Robert E. Hales, Allen J. Frances, 1989
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Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
had secondary diagnoses of overanxious disorder (Graae, Milner, Rizzotto, & Klein, 1994). Commonly reported adverse events for clonazepam and alprazolam included daytime drowsiness, fatigue, dry mouth, headaches, agitation, and ...
Tracy L. Morris, John S. March (MD.), 2004
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Developmental Psychopathology: Epidemiology, Diagnostics and ...
Overanxious disordered children feel tense and are often unable to relax due to excessive worrying, for a period of at least 6 months, that is not triggered solely by an identifiable situation or psychosocial stressor. In contrast to separation ...
Cecilia Ahmoi Essau, Franz Petermann, 1997
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Child Psychopathology
DSM-II introduced overanxious reaction as a distinct diagnostic category for children and adolescents. These early DSM systems were heavily tied to psychoanalytic theory, purporting an unconscious process or conflict as die etiological ...
Eric J. Mash, Russell A. Barkley, 2003
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The Learner, the Learning Process, the School
Parental Characteristics The mothers of overanxious children were more likely than the mothers of other clinic children to be characterized by the social worker as having an infantilizing, ovcrprotcctive attitude toward the child — a description  ...
William C. Johnson, 1975
10
Social Phobia: Clinical and Research Perspectives
DSM-III-R (American Psychiatric Association 1987) specified three diagnoses that could be applied to children and adolescents in which social anxiety is a prominent feature: avoidant disorder, overanxious disorder, and social phobia.
Murray B. Stein, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERANXIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overanxious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Are we overdoing our use of 'over' or would that be oversimplfying?
If you are at all aroused, you are “overexcited”. To be worried about anything under the sun is to be “overanxious”. What exactly is going on? «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Jakob Fuglsang Finishes Stage 18 in 5th Place After Being Hit by …
Video picked up an overanxious photographer's motorbike taking out the Danish rider from Astana. To make matters worse, just before taking ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
3
Bisons' Hague lets stats do his talking
If I start focusing on the stats, it takes away from what I'm trying to do, where I get a little too overanxious or excited. “Once you play baseball that ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
4
Random remembrances of conversations with Alex Rocco
A month or so passed after that in-person encounter, and I tried not to be overanxious about the fact that I hadn't heard anything, but when ... «A.V. Club DC, Jul 15»
5
An overanxious Sanchez eager to return to the big leagues
Aaron Sanchez was overanxious. His first inning was an all-over-the-place adventure featuring three hits, two runs, a walk, a hit batter and 26 ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
6
Mavs' Cuban apparently rejecting Jordan's Twitter apology
... from the Achilles injury suffered March 5 in a game against Dallas, there now is no real reason for him to be overanxious to return to action. «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jul 15»
7
Cavendish back to old ways with Tour win
“I've been overanxious the last two times. Today was about not being impatient. In the Tour, if you go out early, you get washed out by 10 riders ... «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»
8
LEGION: Holdovers from last year's title team push Lionville to win …
“He told those guys to be patient and not get overanxious at the plate, with it being a playoff game and all. These guys just took pitches, walked ... «Daily Local News, Jul 15»
9
Broadcast review: Costas-McCarver reunion on MLB Network …
You can see why they're anxious to make something happen, any way they can, but in this case, Upton might have been a bit overanxious.”. «SportingNews.com, Jul 15»
10
I-8 Jewish Travel: The courthouse and the Franklins
The San Diego Herald subsequently wrote that the Grand Jury had been “overanxious to conclude their labors before sunset, at the expense of ... «San Diego Jewish World, Jul 15»

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