English-Dutch translations for anxious

• bekommerd
• bezorgd
  Onlangs ontving ik 35 brieven van bezorgde consumenten. I recently received 35 letters from anxious consumers.
  Ik ben bezorgd over de woordkeuze van een aantal van de compromissen. I am anxious about the wording of some of the compromises.
  Ook heb ik vele kritische en bezorgde opmerkingen van u gehoord. I have also heard many critical and anxious comments from you.
• nerveus
  Politici van diverse pluimage worden nerveus. Politicians across the political divide are starting to become anxious.
• ongerust
  Verschillende landen, waaronder het mijne, bleven ongerust buiten wachten. Some countries, my own included, waited anxiously outside.
  Rath dreef de ongeruste burger tot actie met bovendien valse argumenten. Rath drove the anxious citizen to action with false arguments, no less.
  Als een consument ongerust, angstig en bang is, geven we hem een etiket. As soon as consumers are worried, anxious or afraid, we give them a label.
• verlangend

Definition of anxious

• Nervous and worried
• Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying
• Earnestly desirous

Examples

• She was anxious to hear how her test results were
• I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails
• anxious labor
• There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed
• He is anxious to please, so you can count on him
• All the voters were anxious to hear the election result

Related words

• anxiously
• anxiousness
• anxious dream
• desirous anxious keen on eager
• very anxious for