ETYM Latin anxius, from angere to cause pain, choke; akin to Greek agchein to choke. Related to Anger.
1. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; SYN. nervous, uneasy, unquiet.
2. Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; SYN. apprehensive.
3. (Colloquial) Eagerly desirous; SYN. dying.

ETYM Cf. French appréhensif. Related to Apprehend.
1. In fear or dread of possible evil or harm.
2. Quick to understand; SYN. discerning.

1. Feeling or showing worry or solicitude.
2. Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; SYN. interested.
3. In relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases.
4. Culpably involved; SYN. implicated.

Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; SYN. hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way, in trouble.

ETYM See Fret.
Habitually complaining; SYN. querulous, whiney, whining, whiny.

1. Lacking in security or safety; SYN. unsafe.
2. Lacking self-confidence or assurance
4. Not safe from attack; SYN. unsafe.

1. Lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
2. Marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; SYN. restless.

1. Not settled or established
2. Not yet settled
3. Still in doubt

Anxious; concerned