anxious

mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried

• “anxious parents”
• “anxious about her job”
• “not used to a city and anxious about small things”
• “felt apprehensive about the consequences”

eagerly desirous

• “anxious to see the new show at the museum”
• “dying to hear who won”

causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• “spent an anxious night waiting for the test results”
• “cast anxious glances behind her”
• “those nervous moments before takeoff”
• “an unquiet mind”