Anx'ious, a.

(ăngk'shus, 82), a. [Lat. anxius, from angere, to cause pain, to torture. See ANGER.]

1. Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense;—applied to persons; as, anxious to please; anxious for the issue of a battle.
2. Accompanied with anxiety;—applied to things; as, anxious labor.

The sweat of life, from which God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares. Milton. It is followed by for or about before the object. Syn.—Solicitous; careful; uneasy; unquiet; restless; concerned; disturbed; watchful.