Meanings
plural anxiety disorders
- A disorder characterised by excessive anxiety.
"Elliot, Clinton asserts that he has no desire to end your relationship. Your fears are therefore unfounded. We are directing you to seek professional help for your anxiety disorder."
2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4915: Finger Guns1 more example
Is the caffeine connection widely unrecognized? Surveys document that 70 percent of patients with panic disorder visited physicians ten or more times before they experienced relief of their symptoms. The fact is that few physicians conduct a careful evaluation of caffeine intake, even though the medical literature is conclusive on the benefits of caffeine reduction in virtually all anxiety disorders.
1998, Stephen Cherniske, M.S., Caffeine blues : wake up to the hidden dangers of America's #1 drug, Warner Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, Ch. 4, page 108
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 焦慮症 /焦虑症
- 焦慮症 /焦虑症 (jiāolǜzhèng)disorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Dutch angststoornis
- angststoornisdisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Finnish ahdistuneisuushäiriö
- ahdistuneisuushäiriödisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
German Angststörung
- Angststörungdisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Greek αγχώδης διαταραχή
- αγχώδης διαταραχή (anchódis diatarachí)disorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Hungarian szorongás
- szorongásdisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Icelandic kvíðaraskanir
- kvíðaraskanirdisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Indonesian gangguan kecemasan
- gangguan kecemasandisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Malay kecelaruan keresahan
- kecelaruan keresahandisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Polish zaburzenia lękowe
- zaburzenia lękowedisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Portuguese transtorno de ansiedade
- transtorno de ansiedadedisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Russian трево́жный невро́з, невро́з стра́ха
- трево́жный невро́з (trevóžnyj nevróz)disorder characterised by excessive anxiety
- невро́з стра́ха (nevróz stráxa)disorder characterised by excessive anxiety
- невро́з трево́ги (nevróz trevógi)disorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Scottish Gaelic mì-rian iomagain
- mì-rian iomagaindisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Spanish trastorno de ansiedad, neurosis de ansiedad
- trastorno de ansiedaddisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
- neurosis de ansiedaddisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Swedish ångeststörningar
- ångeststörningardisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Turkish kaygı bozukluğu
- kaygı bozukluğudisorder characterised by excessive anxiety
Cite this entry
anxiety disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anxiety%20disorder
“anxiety disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anxiety%20disorder. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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