'anxiety' definitions:
Definition of 'anxiety'
From: WordNet
noun
(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 [syn: anxiety, anxiousness]
noun
A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
Synonyms of 'anxiety'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- abulia,
- ache,
- ado,
- alacrity,
- alienation,
- all-overs,
- angst,
- anguish,
- animation,
- annoyance,
- anxiety equivalent,
- anxiety state,
- anxiousness,
- apathy,
- appetite,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- avidity,
- avidness,
- besetment,
- boredom,
- bother,
- breathless impatience,
- can of worms,
- catatonic stupor,
- chafing,
- cheerful readiness,
- cheerlessness,
- cliff-hanging,
- compulsion,
- concern,
- concernment,
- dejection,
- depression,
- desire,
- detachment,
- disadvantage,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- dislike,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- dissatisfaction,
- distress,
- doubt,
- dread,
- dullness,
- eagerness,
- elan,
- elation,
- emotionalism,
- emptiness,
- ennui,
- euphoria,
- evil,
- excitement,
- existential woe,
- expectant waiting,
- flatness,
- folie du doute,
- foreboding,
- forwardness,
- fretfulness,
- fretting,
- great ado,
- grimness,
- gust,
- gusto,
- haste,
- headache,
- hypochondria,
- hysteria,
- hysterics,
- impatience,
- impatientness,
- impetuousness,
- inconvenience,
- indifference,
- inquietude,
- insensibility,
- joylessness,
- keen desire,
- keenness,
- lack of pleasure,
- lather,
- lethargy,
- life,
- liveliness,
- longing,
- malaise,
- mania,
- matter,
- melancholia,
- mental distress,
- misery,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- nausea,
- nervousness,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- obsession,
- painfulness,
- panic,
- pathological indecisiveness,
- peck of troubles,
- pessimism,
- preoccupation,
- problem,
- promptness,
- psychalgia,
- psychomotor disturbance,
- qualm,
- qualmishness,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- restiveness,
- restlessness,
- savorlessness,
- sea of troubles,
- solicitude,
- spirit,
- spleen,
- staleness,
- stew,
- stupor,
- suffering,
- suspense,
- sweat,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- tense readiness,
- thirst,
- tic,
- trouble,
- twitching,
- uncertainty,
- uncomfortableness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- unpatientness,
- unpleasure,
- unquietness,
- unresponsiveness,
- unsatisfaction,
- verve,
- vexation of spirit,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- waiting,
- withdrawal,
- worry,
- zest,
- zestfulness