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| anx·i·e·ty [ ang z ətee ] (plural anx·i·e·ties) |
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1. feeling of worry: nervousness or agitation, often about something that is going to happen
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2. something that worries somebody: a subject or concern that causes worry
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3. strong wish to do something: the strong wish to do something, especially if the wish is unnecessarily or unhealthily strong
  his anxiety to please
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4. psychiatry extreme apprehension: a medical condition marked by intense apprehension or fear of real or imagined danger
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| [Early 16th century. < French anxiété< Latin anxius (see anxious)] |
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