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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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