Synonyms for anxiety

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ang-zahy-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : æŋˈzaɪ ɪ ti

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Définition of anxiety

Origin : 1520s, from Latin anxietatem (nominative anxietas) "anguish, anxiety, solicitude," noun of quality from anxius (see anxious). Psychiatric use dates to 1904. Age of Anxiety is from Auden's poem (1947). For "anxiety, distress," Old English had angsumnes, Middle English anxumnesse.

noun worry, tension

Example sentences :

Did Phidias express no anxiety concerning your unprotected situation?
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

The ring of anxiety in Grace's voice had not been lost upon her.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

He had no anxiety concerning the philanthropic craze thereafter.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Then, as a new thought came to the magnate, he spoke with a trace of anxiety.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

There was anxiety in his face, as he stood staring vaguely out of the window.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Then he spoke in his oritund voice, a little tremulous from anxiety.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

In his anxiety he asked a police officer what would happen to him.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

I knew well enough that his anxiety had been on my account, but it was so unnecessary!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

And if he turned his eyes to his own camp, he saw little to relieve his anxiety.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

And I am more content and less torn by anxiety than I have been for many a long day.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Antonyms for anxiety

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