Anxiety æŋˈzaɪəti Patients High Worried Share Noun Bre

• acute/intense/deep anxiety
• some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.
• waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety.
• if you're worried about your health, share your anxieties with your doctor.

anxiety

1. the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen
• acute/intense/deep anxiety
• Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.
• Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety.
2. a worry or fear about something
• If you're worried about your health, share your anxieties with your doctor.
3. a strong feeling of wanting to do something or of wanting something to happen
• the candidate’s anxiety to win the vote
• the people’s anxiety for the war to end

Extra Examples

• A few anxieties surfaced during the meeting.
• A lot of anxiety surrounds the issue of human cloning.
• His face betrayed his anxiety.
• I keep having this anxiety dream where I’ve forgotten to do something important.
• Physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression.
• She felt a nagging anxiety that could not be relieved.
• The aim is to reduce anxiety and help the patients relax.
• The more reports I study the more my anxiety grows.
• The mothers were able to share their anxieties with each other.
• There are anxieties over the effects of unemployment.
• They were encouraged to express their fears and anxieties.
• We seem to live in a state of free-floating anxiety that can attach itself to anything.
• anxiety at the deterioration of relations between the powers
• deep anxiety for the whole family
• her growing anxiety about her health
• patients suffering from an anxiety disorder
• skills to cope with anxiety
• the high level of anxiety created by entering a new environment
• A couple of photographers fell over themselves in their anxiety to get a shot of her.
• the candidate’s anxiety to win the vote
• the people’s anxiety for the war to end

Word Origin

• early 16th cent.: from French anxiété or Latin anxietas, from anxius, from angere ‘to choke’.