anxious

Meaning

Adjective

• Nervous and worried.
• Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
• Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
• Earnestly desirous.

Related

Similar words

• uneasy, worrisome, unquiet, concerned
• angstful, disturbed, restless, solicitous, worrisome
• restless, uneasy, worrisome, unquiet, nerve-wracking
• restless, solicitous

Origin

• From Latin anxius, from angō; akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω ("to choke"). See anger; angst.