anxious
adjective
[ ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs ]
• feeling or showing worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
• "she was extremely anxious about her exams"
Similar:
worried,
concerned,
apprehensive,
fearful,
uneasy,
ill at ease,
perturbed,
troubled,
disquieted,
bothered,
disturbed,
distressed,
fretful,
fretting,
agitated,
in a state of agitation,
nervous,
in a state of nerves,
edgy,
on edge,
tense,
overwrought,
worked up,
keyed up,
strung out,
jumpy,
afraid,
worried sick,
with one's stomach in knots,
on pins and needles,
stressed,
under stress,
in suspense,
flurried,
uptight,
a bundle of nerves,
on tenterhooks,
like a cat on a hot tin roof,
jittery,
twitchy,
in a state,
in a stew,
all of a dither,
in a flap,
in a sweat,
in a tizz/tizzy,
all of a lather,
het up,
in a twitter,
strung up,
windy,
having kittens,
in a (flat) spin,
stressy,
like a cat on hot bricks,
antsy,
spooky,
spooked,
squirrelly,
in a twit,
toey,
overstrung,
unquiet,
• very eager or concerned to do something or for something to happen.
• "the company was anxious to avoid any trouble"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin anxius (from angere ‘to choke’) + -ous.
