Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

    generalized anxiety disorder

    feel anxiety

    Unbehagen, Nervosität, Angst

    беспоко́йствоbespokójstvo, трево́гаtrevóga

    занепоко́єнняzanepokójennja, триво́гаtryvóha, неспокі́йnespokíj

  2. (countable, uncountable)An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).

    Bemühen, Bestreben

    жела́ние, жела́ние

  3. (countable, uncountable)A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

    Angst, Angstzustände, Ängstlichkeit

    страхstrax, боя́зньbojáznʹ

  4. (countable, informal, uncountable)Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.

More definitions
  • a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
  • (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

Examples

267 sentences
  1. Tom tried to hide his anxiety.

    ruТом пытался скрыть своё беспокойство. — odexed

  2. He caused his parents a lot of anxiety.

  3. I get really bad performance anxiety before I give a speech.

  4. Tom suffers from anxiety.

    Том страждає на тривожний невроз. — deniko

    deTom leidet unter Angstzuständen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. She could not cope with anxiety.

    ruОна не могла справиться с беспокойством. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
concern:
Русский
By meaning 3
concern:
uneasy or distressing desire:
pathological condition:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
state of uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession:
concern:
uneasy or distressing desire:
pathological condition:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ānxietās, from ānxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), f

Borrowed from Latin ānxietās, from ānxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). Equivalent to anxious + -ety. See anger; angst.

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