anxiety
anxiety Lexical Profile
anxiety Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
"She felt a growing sense of anxiety as the day of the final examination approached."
A psychiatric condition or disorder characterized by excessive, persistent, and debilitating worry, apprehension, and physiological tension.
"The clinic offers cognitive behavioral therapy for patients diagnosed with chronic anxiety."
An eager, earnest, or solicitous desire to do something or to see something happen.
"In his anxiety to make a good impression on the committee, he arrived nearly an hour early."
• Rhymes for anxiety
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 16th century from Latin anxietas ('anguish, solicitude'), derived from the verb angere ('to choke, throttle, or cause distress'), which also gave rise to the words 'anger' and 'anguish'.