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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)
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| Definition of 'anxiety' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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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
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| Definition of 'anxiety' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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| Definition of 'anxiety' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. anxiety
Feeling or emotion of dread, apprehension, and impending disaster but not disabling as with ANXIETY DISORDERS.
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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.
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 Afrikaans: angstigheid |
 Arabic: قَـلَـق |
 Bulgarian: тревога |
 Brazilian: ansiedade |
 Czech: úzkost |
 German: die Sorge |
 Danish: bekymring;ængstelse |
 Greek: ανησυχία |
 Spanish: ansiedad |
 Estonian: mure |
 Farsi: نگرانی؛ دلواپسی |
 Finnish: huoli |
 French: anxiété |
 Hebrew: חֲרָדָה, דְאָגָה |
 Hindi: चिंता |
 Croatian: zabrinutost |
 Hungarian: aggodalom |
 Indonesian: keresahan, kegelisahan, d |
 Icelandic: kvíði |
 Italian: ansia, ansietà |
 Japanese: 心配 |
 Korean: 걱정 |
 Lithuanian: susirūpinimas, nerimas |
 Latvian: raizes; bažas |
 Malay: tandatanya |
 Dutch: ongerustheid |
 Norwegian: bekymring, engstelse |
 Polish: niepokój |
 Persian: نگرانی؛ دلواپسی |
 Pashto: اندیښمنی |
 Portuguese: ansiedade |
 Romanian: anxietate;îngrijorare |
 Russian: тревога, беспокойство |
 Slovak: starosť, úzkosť |
 Slovenian: bojazen, huda skrb |
 Serbian: zabrinutost |
 Swedish: bekymmer, oro |
 Thai: ความวิตกกังวล |
 Turkish: endişe, kaygı |
 Taiwanese: 憂慮 |
 Ukrainian: неспокій, турбота |
 Urdu: اضطراب ، خوف ، افسردگی |
 Vietnamese: nỗi lo |
 Chinese: 忧虑 |
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