1. (

• anxious ,
• dying

) eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won" ;

2. (

• anxious ,
• nervous ,
• queasy ,
• uneasy ,
• unquiet

) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" ;