Thesaurus: anxiety

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1. n. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
2. n. Eager desire.
3. n. A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
4. n. (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
5. n. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
6. 1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing o 2. Eager desire. J. D. Forbes 3. (Med.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium. Dunglison. Syn. -- Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity; disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension; restlessness. See Care.
7. A state of restlessness and agitation, often with generalindisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at theepigastrium. Dunglison.
8. n:100 n. (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 n. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune