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

Synonyms:

loathsome, ill at ease, importunate, impetuous, unquiet, sickening, eager, impatient, nauseous, longing, neural, troubled, unsettled, study at, yearning, intent, offensive, hot, worried, vehement, nauseated, vile, enthusiastic, zealous, sick, noisome, intense, desirous, earnest, queasy, glowing, aflutter, distressed, flighty, feelings, nervous, dying, spooky, nauseating, skittish, solicitous, keen, concerned, awkward, sickish

dejected, disheartened, discouraged, heartbroken, depressed, blue, dreary, woeful, joyless, glum, melancholy, sullen, disconsolate, gloomy, despairing, dispirited, overcome, grim, mournful, despondent, moody, anguished, lachrymose, morose, plaintive, wistful, sad, contemplative, miserable, pensive, dolorous, downhearted

electrified, turbulent, feverish, excited, inflamed, burning, animated, exhilarated, disquieted, ardent, fervent, attentive, disturbed, aroused, impassioned, passionate, stimulated, breathless, fiery, energized, effervescent

frightened, petrified, terror-stricken, scared stiff, unnerved, fearful, chicken-livered, lily-livered, terrified, afraid, timid, horrified, paralyzed, harrowed, alarmed, rattled, cowardly, startled, jittery, fainthearted, intimidated, weak-kneed, apprehensive, agitated, scared

discontent, wretched, bored, disapproving, uneasy, fed up, irritated, displeased, teed off, dissident, ticked off, discomposed, frustrated, disgruntled, cheerless, malcontent, irreconcilable, restless, sour, uncomfortable, non-satisfied, dissatisfied, ungratified, cross, exasperated, unhappy

Usage examples:

• Anxious about me, or about my supper, dear mother? - "The Wandering Jew, Book II.", Eugene Sue.
• You know I am not anxious at all." - "The Bertrams", Anthony Trollope.
• There is an anxious look in his eyes that I never saw there before. - "Norston's Rest", Ann S. Stephens.