How many syllables in anxiousness?

There are 3 syllables in the word anxiousness.

Divide anxiousness into syllables:

anxiousness (noun):: fear aroused by awareness of danger; noun. (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.

agitation

alarm

anxiety

apprehension

apprehensiveness

castration anxiety

concern

concernment

desperation

discomfort

disquiet

disquietedness or disquietness

disquietude

doubtfulness

fear

fearfulness

foreboding

forebodingness

hypochondria

hypochondriasis

mental condition

mental state

misgiving

mistrustfulness

nervousness

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