Anxious

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Worried

Synonyms Worried, apprehensive, uneasy, perturbed, disquieted, disturbed, fretful, agitated, nervous, edgy, tense, worked up, strung out, afraid, with one's stomach in knots, stressed, in suspense, uptight, on tenterhooks, jittery, in a state, all of a dither, in a sweat, all of a lather, in a twitter, windy, in a (flat) spin, like a cat on hot bricks, spooky, squirrelly, toey, unquiet, concerned, fearful, ill at ease, troubled, bothered, distressed, fretting, in a state of agitation, in a state of nerves, on edge, overwrought, keyed up, jumpy, worried sick, on pins and needles, under stress, flurried, a bundle of nerves, like a cat on a hot tin roof, twitchy, in a stew, in a flap, in a tizz/tizzy, het up, strung up, having kittens, stressy, antsy, spooked, in a twit, and overstrung.

Eager

Synonyms Eager, desirous, itching, yearning, dying, keen, impatient, longing, and aching.

Example Sentences

She felt anxious before speaking.

He was anxious about results.

Anxious thoughts kept him awake.

They seemed anxious to leave.