Anxious

Adjective

 * 1) Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;&mdash;applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
 * 2) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying;&mdash;applied to things; as, anxious labor.
 * 3) Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.

Adverbs for Anxious
unnaturally; painfully; laughably;ridiculously; pathetically; lamentably; curiously; eagerly;  abnormally;  naturally;touchingly; supremely; unduly; deeply; indescribably; perceptibly; tenderly; suspiciously; excitedly; frantically;  frenziedly;inexplicably; nervously; timidly; terribly; keenly; pitiably; miserably.

Thesaurus
aching; aghast; agitated; agog; alacritous; alarmed; all agog; all-overish; anguished; animated; annoyed; antsy; antsy-pantsy; anxioused up; apprehensive; ardent; athirst; avid; beset; bored; bothered; breathless; bursting to; careful; cautious; chafing; cheerless; concerned; depressed; desirous; disgusted; disquieted; distressed; disturbed; eager; edgy; embarrassed; enthusiastic; excited; fearful; foreboding; forward; fretful; fretting; frightened; full of life; grim; harassed; hasty; hopped-up; ill at ease; impatient; impetuous; importunate; in a lather; in a pucker; in a stew; in a sweat; in suspense; inconvenienced; irked; jittery; joyless; keen; keyed-up; lively; longing; misgiving; nauseated; nauseous; nervous; on edge; on tenterhooks; on tiptoe; overanxious; overapprehensive; panting; perturbed; plagued; pleasureless; pressing; prey to malaise; prompt; put to it; puzzled; qualmish; qualmy; quick; quivering; raring to; ready; ready and willing; repelled; restive; restless; revolted; sad; scared; scary; sickened; solicitous; sore beset; spirited; squirming; squirmy; strained; suffering angst; suspenseful; taut; tense; terrified; thirsty; troubled; uncertain; uneasy; unfulfilled; ungratified; unhappy; unpatient; unquiet; unsatisfied; upset; urgent; vexed; vital; vivacious; vivid; wary; watchful; with bated breath; with muscles tense; worried; yearning; zealous; zestful

Etymology
*undefined:, anxius:, from ango:; akin to  ἄγχειν:. See anger.

Synonyms

 * careful
 * concerned
 * disturbed
 * restless
 * solicitous
 * uneasy
 * unquiet
 * watchful

Related terms

 * anger
 * anguish
 * anxiety

Translations

 * Bulgarian: разтревожен, обезпокоен
 * Czech:
 * Danish: urolig
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: rahutu
 * Finnish:
 * French: anxieux
 * German:


 * Greek: αγχώδης
 * Italian:
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: anxios, neliniștit
 * Scottish Gaelic:, iomagaineach
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: загрижен
 * Danish: urovækkende
 * Estonian: murelik
 * Greek: αγχώδης
 * Italian:


 * Old English:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: îngrijorat, neliniștit
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomagaineach
 * Swedish: oroväckande


 * Bulgarian: горящ от желание
 * Danish: ivrig (efter), opsat (på), spændt (på)
 * Estonian: kibelev
 * French:


 * Greek: ανυπόμονος
 * Italian:, ,
 * Romanian: nerăbdător, doritor
 * Spanish: ansioso, deseoso