anxious

  • (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.
  • (adjective): (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
  • (adjective): Earnestly desirous.
  • I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.
  • There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
  • All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.