| 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. |
| uneasiness | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. disquietude, edginess, inquietude, uneasiness | feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable. |
| ~ anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| ~ willies | feelings of uneasiness.; "that guy gave me the willies" |
| n. (state) | 2. malaise, unease, uneasiness | physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression). |
| ~ discomfort, uncomfortableness | the state of being tense and feeling pain. |
| n. (feeling) | 3. self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness | embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you. |
| ~ embarrassment | the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. disquiet, unease, uneasiness | the trait of seeming ill at ease. |
| ~ discomposure | a temperament that is perturbed and lacking in composure. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. queasiness, restlessness, uneasiness | inability to rest or relax or be still. |
| ~ nervousness | a sensitive or highly strung temperament. |
| ~ jactation, jactitation | (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness. |
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