Adjective
- 1. anxious(predicate), dying(predicate), eager (vs. uneager)
- usage: eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
- 2. anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet, troubled (vs. untroubled)
- usage: 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"
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