Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 41809 6934944 2009-07-04T11:38:28Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:sw:anxiety]] ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la}} {{term|anxietatem|anxietātem}} < {{term|anxius||anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled}} < {{term|angere||to distress, trouble, chose}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/æŋzˈaɪəti/}} * {{audio|en-us-anxiety.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|anxieties}} # An [[unpleasant]] state of mental [[uneasiness]] or [[concern]] about some uncertain event. #* '''2005''', [[w:Plato|Plato]], ''Sophist''. Translation by Lesley Brown. [[w:Stephanus pagination|268a]]. #*: But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable '''anxiety''' and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on. # An uneasy or distressing [[desire]] (for something). #: ''I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.'' # {{context|pathology}} A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach. ====Synonyms==== * [[care]]; [[solicitude]]; [[foreboding]]; [[uneasiness]]; [[perplexity]]; [[disquietude]]; [[disquiet]]; [[trouble]]; [[apprehension]]; [[restlessness]]; [[distress]]. ====Related terms==== * [[anguish]] * [[anger]] * [[anxious]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|concern}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|úzkost|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|bezorgdheid|f}}, {{t+|nl|ongerustheid|f}} * Estonian: rahutus, ängistus * Finnish: [[huoli]], [[ahdistus]], [[huolestuneisuus]], [[levottomuus]] * German: [[Besorgnis]] {{f}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|imní|f|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|ansia|f}}, {{t-|it|ansietà|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[心配]] (shinpai) * Old English: {{t-|ang|cearu|f|xs=Old English}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|angústia|f}}, {{t+|pt|ansiedade|f}} * Serbian: [[strepnja]] {{f}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|zozobra|f}}, {{t+|es|ansiedad|f}} * Swedish: [[ängslan]] {{c}}, [[farhåga]] {{c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|eager desire}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|verlangen}} * Italian: {{t+|it|ansia|f}}, {{t-|it|bramosia|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|anseio|m}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|iver|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|pathological condition}} * Italian: {{t+|it|ansia|f}} * Portuguese: [[ansiedade]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|ångest|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Slovene}}: [[tesnoba]] ''f'' (1) {{trans-bottom}} <!-- material copied from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) --> ====External links==== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} [[ar:anxiety]] [[cs:anxiety]] [[de:anxiety]] [[et:anxiety]] [[el:anxiety]] [[fa:anxiety]] [[fr:anxiety]] [[gl:anxiety]] [[io:anxiety]] [[it:anxiety]] [[sw:anxiety]] [[ku:anxiety]] [[hu:anxiety]] [[nl:anxiety]] [[ja:anxiety]] [[pl:anxiety]] [[pt:anxiety]] [[ro:anxiety]] [[fi:anxiety]] [[sv:anxiety]] [[ta:anxiety]] [[te:anxiety]] [[th:anxiety]] [[tr:anxiety]] [[vi:anxiety]] [[zh:anxiety]]