Anxiety : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Anxiety	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anxiety 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 Synonym(s): anxiety, anxiousness a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anxiety \Anxi"ety\, n.; pl. {Anxieties}. [L. anxietas, fr. anxius: cf. F. anxi[82]t[82]. See {Anxious}.] 1. 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. 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}.