anx|i|e|ty

anx|i|e|ty
anx|i|e|ty «ang ZY uh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. uneasy thoughts or fears about what may happen; troubled, worried, or uneasy feeling: »

Mother lt anxiety when my baby brother was so sick. We all felt anxiety when the prairie fire came close to town. Anxiety is one of the major characteristics of our time (Atlantic).

 SYNONYM(S): concern, apprehension, dread, misgiving.
2. eager desire: »

Her anxiety to succeed led her to work hard.

3. Psychiatry. a state of fear and mental tension commonly occurring in mental disorders.
╂[< Latin anxietās < anxius anxious < angere choke]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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