Anxiety Definition

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anxieties
noun
anxieties
A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties.
American Heritage
A state of being uneasy, apprehensive, or worried about what may happen; concern about a possible future event.
Webster's New World
A cause of anxiety.
For some people, air travel is a real anxiety.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
An eager but often uneasy desire.
Anxiety to do well.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Anxiety

Noun

Singular:
anxiety
Plural:
anxieties

Origin of Anxiety

  • From Latin anxietātem, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ānxietās from ānxius anxious anxious

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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