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adjective

• Nervous and worried.

• Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

  Example: I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.

• (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.

  Example: There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.

• Earnestly desirous.

  Example: All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.