Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anxiety"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anxiety \Anx*i"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Anxieties}. [L. anxietas, fr.
anxius: cf. F. anxi['e]t['e]. See {Anxious}.]
1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event,
future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it
in a state of painful uneasiness.
2. Eager desire. --J. D. Forbes
3. (Med.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with
general indisposition and a distressing sense of
oppression at the epigastrium. --Dunglison.
Syn: Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity;
disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension;
restlessness. See {Care}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anxiety
n 1: a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a
variety of mental disorders [syn: {anxiousness}]
2: a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in
anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
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