anxiety

1. (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 (synset 114397837)
   referred to in: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
   is a type of: mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
   subtypes:

   • castration anxiety - (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women
   • hypochondria, hypochondriasis - chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments
   • overanxiety - excessive anxiety
   • panic, scare - sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
   same as: anxiousness
2. A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune (synset 107539144)
   is a type of: emotion - any strong feeling
   subtypes:

   • discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment - anxious embarrassment
   • trouble, worry - a strong feeling of anxiety
   • care, concern, fear - an anxious feeling
   • anxiousness, disquiet - a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
   • insecurity - the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure
   • disquietude, edginess, inquietude, uneasiness - feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
   • sinking, sinking feeling - a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension
   • misgiving, qualm, scruple - uneasiness about the fitness of an action
   • jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness - the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
   • angst - an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

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