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 Definitions of anxiety  [æŋˈzaɪ ɪ ti]  

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Definition of 'anxiety' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) anxiety
distress or uneasiness caused by fear of danger or misfortune.

2.  anxiety
earnest but tense desire:
a keen anxiety to succeed.

3.  anxiety
a state of apprehension and psychic tension occurring in some forms of mental disorder.

Etymology:  (1515–25; < L anxietās)

Definition of 'anxiety' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) anxiety, anxiousness
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

2. (noun) anxiety
a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune


Definition of 'anxiety' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) anxiety
worry that sth bad might happen
When traveling, many people experience anxiety.; anxiety about her health

2.  anxiety
sth that worries you
fears and anxieties


Definition of 'anxiety' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) anxiety
concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness

2. (noun) anxiety
eager desire

3. (noun) anxiety
a state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium


Definition of 'anxiety' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  anxiety
Feeling or emotion of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.


Translation of 'anxiety' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: wanting very much (to do etc something)
He's very anxious to please.; His health is a great anxiety to me; filled with anxiety about her child's health.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: angstigheid Arabic flag Arabic: قَـلَـق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тревога
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ansiedade Czech flag Czech: úzkost German flag German: die Sorge
Danish flag Danish: bekymring;ængstelse Greek flag Greek: ανησυχία Spanish flag Spanish: ansiedad
Estonian flag Estonian: mure Farsi flag Farsi: نگرانی؛ دلواپسی Finnish flag Finnish: huoli
French flag French: anxiété Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲרָדָה, דְאָגָה Hindi flag Hindi: चिंता
Croatian flag Croatian: zabrinutost Hungarian flag Hungarian: aggodalom Indonesian flag Indonesian: keresahan, kegelisahan, d
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kvíði Italian flag Italian: ansia, ansietà Japanese flag Japanese: 心配
Korean flag Korean: 걱정 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: susirūpinimas, nerimas Latvian flag Latvian: raizes; bažas
Malay flag Malay: tandatanya Dutch flag Dutch: ongerustheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: bekymring, engstelse
Polish flag Polish: niepokój Persian flag Persian: نگرانی؛ دلواپسی Pashto flag Pashto: اندیښمنی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ansiedade Romanian flag Romanian: anxietate;îngrijorare Russian flag Russian: тревога, беспокойство
Slovak flag Slovak: starosť, úzkosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: bojazen, huda skrb Serbian flag Serbian: zabrinutost
Swedish flag Swedish: bekymmer, oro Thai flag Thai: ความวิตกกังวล Turkish flag Turkish: endişe, kaygı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 憂慮 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: неспокій, турбота Urdu flag Urdu: اضطراب ، خوف ، افسردگی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nỗi lo Chinese flag Chinese: 忧虑

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