Adjective: anxious angk-shus
- Eagerly desirous
"anxious to see the new show at the museum";
- dying
- Characterized by or causing worry, tension or apprehension
"spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her";
- nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet
See also: antsy [N. Amer, informal], eager, fidgety, fretful, itchy, keen, keyed-up, on edge, restless, troubled, twitchy [informal]
Encyclopedia: Anxious