overanxious
adjective
overanxious is spelled O-V-E-R-A-N-X-I-O-U-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, overanxious means “Excessively anxious or nervous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in overanxious?
| Letters | 11: O-V-E-R-A-N-X-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is overanxious?
Overanxious appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce overanxious?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-overanxious.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of overanxious
- more overanxious comparative
- most overanxious superlative
- over-anxious
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does overanxious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Excessively anxious or nervous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does overanxious come from?
From over- + anxious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).