Anxious /(ăṉk"shŭs)/

Anx·ious

Anxious

a.
  1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle.
  2. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying; -- applied to things; as, anxious labor.
    The sweet of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares.
  3. Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please.
    He sneers alike at those who are anxious to preserve and at those who are eager for reform.