Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

anxious

/ˈæŋkʃəs/ adjective

Forms anxiouser anxiousest anctious

adjective Nervous and worried.
adjective Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown. “She was anxious to hear how her test results were.”
adjective (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying. “anxious labor”
adjective Earnestly desirous. “He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.”

Synonyms

Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.

Etymology [L. anxius, fr. angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Gr. Anger.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “anxious”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “anxious” (best matches first).

योद्धुकाम yoddhu-kāma wishing to fight, anxious for battle.
परिसमुत्सुक pari-samutsuka very anxious, greatly agitated or excited.
उद्विग्न ud-vigna sorrowful, anxious, grieving for an absent lover.
सोत्सुक sotsuka regretful, repining, anxious, sorrowful, languid.
दुराधि dur-ādhi add — ( is ), m. anxious thought, distress of mind.
सोद्वेग sodvega mournful, sorrowful, anxious, fearful; ( am ), ind. anxiously, eagerly.
उत्तप्त ut-tapta burnt, seared; bathed, washed; anxious, excited; ( am ), n. dried flesh.
उद्वेगिन् udvegin causing anxiety or agitation of mind; suffering distress, anxious, unhappy.