anxious as in eagerly desirous

• "anxious to see the new show at the museum"
• "dying to hear who won"

Synonyms

• anxious(p)
• dying(p)

anxious as in 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"

Synonyms

• nervouseasily agitated; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; of or relating to the nervous system; excited in anticipation ; unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
• queasycausing or able to cause nausea; feeling nausea; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
• uneasylacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; lacking or not affording physical or mental rest; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; socially uncomfortable; relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort
• unquietcharacterized by unrest or disorder; causing or fraught with or showing anxiety