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Defenition of the word anxiety

    • Defenition of the word anxiety

      • An unpleasant complex combination of emotions that includes fear, apprehension and worry, and is often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, nausea, chest pain and/or shortness of breath.
      • Lack of calm, peace, or ease.
      • a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
      • a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders
      • (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

    Synonyms for the word anxiety

      • angst
      • anxiousness
      • apprehension
      • care
      • concern
      • desire
      • disquiet
      • dread
      • fear
      • foreboding
      • fretfulness
      • misgiving
      • nervousness
      • unease
      • uneasiness
      • worry

    Similar words in the anxiety

      • anxiety
      • anxiety's

    Hyponyms for the word anxiety

      • Angst
      • anxiousness
      • care
      • castration anxiety
      • concern
      • discomfiture
      • discomposure
      • disconcertion
      • disconcertment
      • disquiet
      • disquietude
      • edginess
      • fear
      • hypochondria
      • hypochondriasis
      • inquietude
      • insecurity
      • jitteriness
      • jumpiness
      • misgiving
      • nervousness
      • overanxiety
      • panic
      • qualm
      • restiveness
      • scare
      • scruple
      • sinking
      • sinking feeling
      • trouble
      • uneasiness
      • worry

    Hypernyms for the word anxiety

      • emotion
      • mental condition
      • mental state
      • psychological condition
      • psychological state

    Antonyms for the word anxiety

      • assurance
      • calmness
      • composure
      • confidence
      • ease
      • equability
      • nonchalance
      • placidity
      • quietude
      • security

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