| anxiety | | |
| n. (state) | 1. anxiety, anxiousness | (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. |
| ~ psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. |
| ~ mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic.; "a manic state" |
| ~ castration anxiety | (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women. |
| ~ hypochondria, hypochondriasis | chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments. |
| ~ overanxiety | excessive anxiety. |
| ~ scare, panic | sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment | anxious embarrassment. |
| ~ worry, trouble | a strong feeling of anxiety.; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" |
| ~ concern, fear, care | an anxious feeling.; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" |
| ~ disquiet, anxiousness | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments. |
| ~ insecurity | the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure. |
| ~ disquietude, edginess, inquietude, uneasiness | feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable. |
| ~ sinking feeling, sinking | a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension.; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach" |
| ~ misgiving, qualm, scruple | uneasiness about the fitness of an action. |
| ~ jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness | the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters. |
| ~ angst | an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom. |
| worry | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. concern, headache, vexation, worry | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
| ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
| ~ bugaboo | a source of concern.; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them" |
| ~ burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
| ~ business | a rightful concern or responsibility.; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. trouble, worry | a strong feeling of anxiety.; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" |
| ~ anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| ~ vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ fret | be agitated or irritated.; "don't fret over these small details" |
| ~ fear | be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event.; "I fear she might get aggressive" |
| ~ fret, fuss, niggle | worry unnecessarily or excessively.; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" |
| ~ obsess | be preoccupied with something.; "She is obsessing over her weight" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. care, worry | be concerned with.; "I worry about my grades" |
| ~ brood, dwell | think moodily or anxiously about something. |
| ~ mind | be concerned with or about something or somebody. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ misgive | suggest fear or doubt.; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably" |
| ~ cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
| ~ eat on, eat | worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.; "What's eating you?" |
| ~ nag | worry persistently.; "nagging concerns and doubts" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| v. (stative) | 6. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| v. (contact) | 7. worry | lacerate by biting.; "the dog worried his bone" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (contact) | 8. worry | touch or rub constantly.; "The old man worried his beads" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
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