anxiety

plural anxieties · alternative anxietie

1. countableuncountableAn unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

   feel anxiety

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   generalized anxiety disorder

   cause anxiety

   She felt a wave of anxiety before the interview.

   He suffers from social anxiety.

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

   1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC

2. countableuncountableAn uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
3. countableuncountablemedicineA state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
4. countableinformaluncountableAny anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.

   My anxiety is a part of me, one that I’ve had to learn to deal with.

   2022 May 25, Mara Wilson, “‘Anxiety is part of me’: Mara Wilson and other anxious minds on how they cope”, in The Guardian