anxiety
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin anxietātem, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”).
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[edit] Noun
anxiety (plural anxieties)
- An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness or concern about some uncertain event.
- An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
- I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.
- (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
[edit] Synonyms
- care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress
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concern
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eager desire
pathological condition
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[edit] External links
- anxiety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- anxiety in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
