What is the meaning of anxious?

adjective

  • Eagerly desirous.
    • usage: "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
  • Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety.
    • usage: "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"
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