Definition of: anxious

(angk′shəs, ang′-) adjective
1. Troubled in mind respecting some uncertain matter; having anxiety: often with about, at, or over: anxious about health; anxious at the delay; anxious over her safety.
2. Fraught with or causing anxiety; worrying; distressing: an anxious matter.
3. Intent; eagerly desirous; solicitous: with for or the infinitive with to: anxious for success; anxious to succeed. See synonyms under EAGER. [<L anxius < angere choke, distress]
—anx′·ious·ly adverb
—anx′ious·ness noun