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Adjective: anxious  angkshus
  1. Eagerly desirous
    "anxious to see the new show at the museum"
    - dying
     
  2. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
    "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"
    - nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet

See also: anxiously, anxiousness, eager, troubled

Encyclopedia: Anxious