anxiety

English

Etymology

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From Latin anxietās, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ.ə.ti/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɪti

Noun

anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)

1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 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.

2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
3. (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

Translations

concern

• Arabic: قَلَق m (qalaq)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: неспако́й m (njespakój), трыво́га f (tryvóha)
• Bulgarian: трево́га (bg) f (trevóga), безпоко́йство (bg) n (bezpokójstvo), гри́жа (bg) f (gríža)
• Catalan: ansietat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焦慮／焦虑 (zh) (jiāolǜ), 焦虑 (zh) (jiāolǜ), 担心 (zh) (dānxīn)

• Czech: úzkost (cs) f, starost (cs) f
• Danish: angst (da) c
• Dutch: bezorgdheid (nl) f, ongerustheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: anksio
• Estonian: rahutus, ängistus
• Finnish: ahdistus (fi), huoli (fi), levottomuus (fi), huolestuneisuus (fi)
• French: anxiété (fr) f, inquiétude (fr) f
• Galician: ansiedade (gl) f, trogo m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Besorgnis (de) f, Angst (de) f, Sorge (de) f
• Greek: άγχος (el) n (ánchos), έγνοια (el) f (égnoia), ανησυχία (el) f (anisychía)

  Ancient: μέριμνα f (mérimna)

• Hebrew: חרדה (he) f (charadá)
• Hindi: चिंता (cintā)
• Icelandic: kvíði m, órói (is) m, áhyggja (is) f
• Indonesian: kecemasan (id)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: imní f, sníomh m
• Italian: ansia (it) f, ansietà (it) f
• Japanese: 心配 (ja) (しんぱい, shinpai)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 걱정 (ko) (geokjeong)
• Latin: metus m, anxietās (la) f, sollicitudo f
• Macedonian: грижа f (griža), тревога f (trevoga)
• Maori: māihi, enga, mānukanuka
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Old English: caru f
• Persian: نگرانی (fa) (negarâni)
• Polish: niepokój (pl), trwoga (pl) f
• Portuguese: angústia (pt) f, ansiedade (pt) f
• Romanian: anxietate (ro) f
• Russian: беспоко́йство (ru) n (bespokójstvo), трево́га (ru) f (trevóga)
• Sanskrit: अंहु (sa) n (aṃhu)
• Scottish Gaelic: iomagain f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стрепња f

  Roman: strepnja (sh) f

• Slovak: úzkosť f, starosť f
• Spanish: zozobra (es) f, ansiedad (es) f
• Swedish: ängslan (sv) c, farhåga (sv) c, oro (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkabalisa
• Thai: ความวิตกกังวล
• Turkish: kaygı (tr), endişe (tr)
• Ukrainian: занепоко́єння n (zanepokójennja), триво́га f (tryvóha), неспокі́й m (nespokíj)
• Urdu: چںتا (cintā)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

eager desire

• Bulgarian: си́лно жела́ние n (sílno želánie)
• Catalan: ansietat (ca) f
• Czech: nedočkavost f
• Danish: iver
• Dutch: verlangen (nl)
• Finnish: levottomuus (fi), mielipaha (fi)
• Galician: trogo m, degoro (gl) m, xusgo m, prango m
• Greek: επιθυμία (el) f (epithymía)
• Italian: ansia (it) f, bramosia (it) f
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• Latin: metus
• Portuguese: anseio (pt) m
• Russian: (стра́стное) жела́ние n ((strástnoje) želánije), (си́льное) жела́ние n ((sílʹnoje) želánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: iomagain f
• Spanish: inquietud (es) f
• Swedish: iver (sv) c
• Tagalog: alip-ip
• Turkish: heves (tr)

pathological condition

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: ansietat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: úzkost (cs) f
• Danish: angst (da) c
• Dutch: angst (nl), vrees (nl)
• Esperanto: anksio
• Finnish: ahdistuneisuushäiriö (fi)
• French: anxiété (fr), angoisse (fr)
• Galician: trogo m, coita (gl) f, congoxa f, oufego m, anguria f, ardura f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Angst (de) f
• Greek: άγχος (el) n (ánchos)
• Hebrew: חרדה (he) f (charadá)
• Icelandic: angist (is) f, kvíði m
• Italian: ansia (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: metus
• Latvian: baisma
• Maori: māihi
• Norwegian: angst (no)
• Persian: اضطراب (fa) (ezterâb)
• Polish: lęk (pl) m
• Portuguese: ansiedade (pt) f
• Romanian: anxietate (ro) f, teamă (ro) f
• Russian: страх (ru) m (strax), боя́знь (ru) f (bojáznʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iomagain f
• Serbo-Croatian: anksioznost (sh) f, tjeskoba (sh) f
• Slovene: tesnoba f
• Spanish: ansiedad (es)
• Swedish: ångest (sv) c
• Thai: ความวิตกกังวล
• Turkish: anksiyete (tr), endişe (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} წუხილი (c̣uxili)
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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} tesnoba f

Further reading

• “anxiety”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “anxiety”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.