Anxiety Definition

ăng-zīĭ-tē

anxieties

noun

anxieties

A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties.

American Heritage

A state of being uneasy, apprehensive, or worried about what may happen; concern about a possible future event.

Webster's New World

A cause of anxiety.

For some people, air travel is a real anxiety.

American Heritage

An abnormal state like this, characterized by a feeling of being powerless and unable to cope with threatening events, typically imaginary, and by physical tension, as shown by sweating, trembling, etc.

Webster's New World

An eager but often uneasy desire.

Anxiety to do well.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Anxiety

Noun

Singular:

anxiety

Plural:

anxieties

Origin of Anxiety

From Latin anxietātem, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”).

From Wiktionary
Latin ānxietās from ānxius anxious anxious

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition