- [uncountable] anxiety (about/over something) the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen
- acute/intense/deep anxiety
- Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.
- Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2- A lot of anxiety surrounds the issue of human cloning.
- His face betrayed his anxiety.
- The aim is to reduce anxiety and help the patients relax.
- The more reports I study the more my anxiety grows.
- We seem to live in a state of free-floating anxiety that can attach itself to anything.
- anxiety at the deterioration of relations between the powers
- I keep having this anxiety dream where I've forgotten to do something important.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- considerable
- deep
- …
- level
- arouse
- bring
- cause
- …
- grow
- arise
- arise from something
- …
- attack
- disorder
- dream
- …
- anxiety about
- anxiety at
- anxiety for
- …
- anxiety and depression
- fear and anxiety
- [uncountable] (psychology) a mental illness that causes somebody to worry so much that it has a very negative effect on their daily life
- Some people are feeling the pressure and suffering from anxiety and depression.
- patients with an anxiety disorder
- [countable] a worry or fear about something
- If you're worried about your health, share your anxieties with your doctor.
Extra Examples- A few anxieties surfaced during the meeting.
- There are anxieties over the effects of unemployment.
- They were encouraged to express their fears and anxieties.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- considerable
- deep
- …
- level
- arouse
- bring
- cause
- …
- grow
- arise
- arise from something
- …
- attack
- disorder
- dream
- …
- anxiety about
- anxiety at
- anxiety for
- …
- anxiety and depression
- fear and anxiety
- [uncountable] a strong feeling of wanting to do something or of wanting something to happen
- anxiety to do something the candidate’s anxiety to win the vote
- A couple of photographers fell over themselves in their anxiety to get a shot of her.
- anxiety for something the people’s anxiety for the war to end
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French anxiété or Latin anxietas, from anxius, from angere ‘to choke’.
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