anxious
Feeling dread's approach
Someone who is feeling anxious is experiencing fear, nervousness, or uncertainty about the present or the future.
The related noun is anxiety.
Occasionally people use anxious with less intensity, where the meaning is closer to enthusiastic or excited: I’m anxious to see what happens to his character in the sequel.
Anxiously restless
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
- edgyTense and irritable
- twitchyNervously prone to spasms
- shakyTrembling or unstable
tremulous · uneasy · agitated · flustered · panicky · overwrought · distraught · unsettled
Troubled by uncertainty
- concernedFeeling worry or interest
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- fearfulFull of fright
dread · fretful · distressed · apprehensive · perturbed · alarmed · insecure · anguished
Unwilling to wait
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- excitedEagerly anticipating something
- enthusiasticShowing intense eager enjoyment
- avidIntensely enthusiastic
yearning · desirous · hungry · hopeful · anticipating · raring · champing · agog
jittery
Anxiously restless
shaky · tremulous · uneasy · agitated · flustered · panicky · overwrought · distraught · unsettled · spooked
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
fearful · dread · fretful · distressed · apprehensive · perturbed · alarmed · insecure · anguished · tormented
impatient
Unwilling to wait
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- excitedEagerly anticipating something
- enthusiasticShowing intense eager enjoyment
avid · yearning · desirous · hungry · hopeful · anticipating · raring · champing · agog · ardent
agitated
Emotionally disturbed, restless
unsettled · impatient · hyperactive · restive · pacing · tossing · sleepless · wakeful · distracted · unfocused
stressed
Overwhelmed by pressure
wound-up · on-edge · overwrought · high-strung · keyed-up · pressured · frazzled · frayed · exhausted · overworked
- moodshappy, sad, angry, excited, melancholy
- behavior statesalert, calm, confused, depressed, drowsy
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, memory, aware
- slang moodsbummed, chill, cranky, edgy, grumpy
- uneasynervous, jittery, edgy, tense, rattled
- scary feelingsterrified, frightening, dreadful, creepiness, goosebumps
- anxious attachmentInsecure relational style seeking constant validation