anx·i·e·ty ( ng-z  -t )n. pl. anx·i·e·ties 1. a. A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties. b. A cause of anxiety: For some people, air travel is a real anxiety. 2. Psychiatry A state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning. 3. Eager, often agitated desire: my anxiety to make a good impression.
[Latin nxiet s, from nxius, anxious; see anxious.] Synonyms: anxiety, worry, care, concern, solicitude These nouns refer to troubled states of mind. Anxiety suggests feelings of fear and apprehension: "Feelings of resentment and rage over this devious form of manipulation cannot surface in the child.... At the most, he will experience feelings of anxiety, shame, insecurity, and helplessness" Alice Miller. Worry implies persistent doubt or fear: "Having come to a decision the lad felt a sense of relief from the worry that had haunted him for many sleepless nights" Edgar Rice Burroughs. Care denotes a state of mind burdened by heavy responsibilities: The old man's face was worn with care. Concern stresses serious thought combined with emotion: "Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors" Albert Einstein. Solicitude is active and sometimes excessive concern for another's well-being: "Animosity had given way ... to worried solicitude for Lindbergh's safety" Warren Trabant. |
anxiety Noun pl -ties 1. a state of uneasiness about what may happen 2. eagerness: she was uneasy with his mixture of diffidence and anxiety to please
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | anxiety - (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of paniccastration anxiety - (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women scare, panic - sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" | | 2. | anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortuneworry, trouble - a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" concern, fear, care - an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" insecurity - the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure sinking feeling, sinking - a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach" angst - an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom |
anxiety noun uneasiness, concern, care, worry, doubt, tension, alarm, distress, suspicion, angst, unease, apprehension, misgiving, suspense, nervousness, disquiet, trepidation, foreboding, restlessness, solicitude, perturbation, watchfulness, fretfulness, disquietude, apprehensiveness, dubiety << OPPOSITE confidence
Translations anxiety [æŋˈzaɪətɪ] n (= worry) → inquietud f (= eagerness); ansia, anhelo
anxiety [æŋˈzaɪətɪ] n → anxiété f (= keenness);
anxiety [æŋˈzaɪətɪ] n ( worry) → Sorge f; (Med) → Angstzustand m; (eagerness);
anxiety [æŋˈzaɪətɪ] n → ansia (= keenness): anxiety to do → smania di fare
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