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Anxiety æŋˈzaɪəti Patients High Worried Share Noun Bre

Word anxiety
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / æŋˈzaɪəti / NAmE / æŋˈzaɪəti /
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  • 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.
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anxiety

(noun)BrE / æŋˈzaɪəti / NAmE / æŋˈzaɪəti /
  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’.
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