overanxious
adjEtymology From over- + anxious.
1
Excessively anxious or nervous.
- Overanxious and overmeticulous supervision is almost certain to result in discontinued homes or overly dependent Family Care therapists.1947, Magnolia G Culver, Family Care Program: A Handbook for Social Workers, Ohio State Reformatory Press, page 13:
- Derived terms
- overanxiously
- Related terms
- overanxiety, overanxiousness