[English] The Oxford 3000 Most Important Words
Anxiety æŋˈzaɪəti Patients High Worried Share Noun Bre
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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 / - 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.
- a worry or fear about something
- If you're worried about your health, share your anxieties with your doctor.
- 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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