anxiety
anxiety definition
anxi·ety (aŋ zī′ə tē)
noun pl. anxieties -·ties
- a state of being uneasy, apprehensive, or worried about what may happen; concern about a possible future event
- Psychiatry an abnormal state like this, characterized by a feeling of being powerless and unable to cope with threatening events, typically imaginary, and by physical tension, as shown by sweating, trembling, etc.
- an eager but often uneasy desire anxiety to do well
Etymology: L anxietas < anxius, anxious
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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