anxiety
nounHow to pronounce anxiety:
Definition of anxiety:
- anxiety (noun):
- a state of uneasiness about what may happen
- apprehensive uneasiness or nervousness usually over an impending or anticipated ill a state of being anxious
- (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.
- an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse rate), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt about one's capacity to cope with it
Synonyms for anxiety:
agitation
alarm
angst
anxiousness
apprehension
apprehensiveness
care
castration anxiety
concern
concernment
desperation
discomfort
disquiet
disquietude
distress
doubt
dread
dubiety
fear
fearfulness
foreboding
fretfulness
hypochondria
hypochondriasis
mental condition
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Antonyms for anxiety:
ability
accomplishment
achievement
advantage
aid
alleviation
aplomb
approval
assistance
assurance
ataraxia
ataraxy
balance
beauty
belief
benefit
blessing
bliss
boldness
boon
boost
bravery
buoyancy
calm
calmness
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- muddy-mettled
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- terrarium
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- lamborghini
- elevator
- cemetery
- archdefender
- apologize
- epiphany
- disrespectful
- transportation
- sentimental
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- Bartholomew
- isolation
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- Alyvia
- alcoholic
- Alcibiades
- acidity
- material
- economy
- desperation
- dedication
- zedekiah
- honoria
- understatement
- reluctantly
- ravioli
- mysterious
- equality's
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- hysteresis
- frivolity
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- rebellion
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