Anxious

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.