anxiety

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anxiety

Alternative forms

anxietie

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ.ə.ti/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪɪti

Noun

anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)

An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
  The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.
- 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 268a:
  But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
(informal) Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.
- 2022 May 25, Mara Wilson, “‘Anxiety is part of me’: Mara Wilson and other anxious minds on how they cope”, in The Guardian‎:
  My anxiety is a part of me, one that I’ve had to learn to deal with.

Synonyms

care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

Derived terms

Translations

state of uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession

Esperanto: maltrankvileco (mild), anksio (moderate), angoro (eo) (severe)
German: Unbehagen (de) n, Nervosität (de) f, Angst (de) f, Ängstlichkeit (de) f, Anspannung (de) f, Unruhe (de) f, innere Unruhe f, Beklommenheit (de) f, Furcht (de) f, Beklemmung (de) f, Aufgeregtheit f
Tamil: தவிப்பு (ta) (tavippu)

concern

Arabic: قَلَق (ar) m (qalaq)
Armenian: տագնապ (hy) (tagnap)
Azerbaijani: təşviş (az), təlaş, əndişə, iztirab (az), həyəcan (az)
Belarusian: неспако́й m (njespakój), трыво́га f (tryvóha)
Bengali: দুশ্চিন্তা (bn) (duścinta)
Bulgarian: трево́га (bg) f (trevóga), безпоко́йство (bg) n (bezpokójstvo), гри́жа (bg) f (gríža)
Catalan: ansietat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 焦慮 / 焦虑 (zh) (jiāolǜ), 担心 (zh) (dānxīn)
Czech: úzkost (cs) f, starost (cs) f
Danish: angst (da) c
Dutch: bezorgdheid (nl) f, ongerustheid (nl) f
Esperanto: anksio
Estonian: rahutus, ängistus
Finnish: ahdistus (fi), huoli (fi), levottomuus (fi), huolestuneisuus (fi)
French: anxiété (fr) f, inquiétude (fr) f
Galician: ansiedade (gl) f, trogo m
Georgian: შფოთვა (špotva), მღელვარება (mɣelvareba), შეშფოთება (šešpoteba), შიში (šiši)
German: Besorgnis (de) f, Angst (de) f, Sorge (de) f, Bangnis (de) f, Furcht (de) f
Greek: άγχος (el) n (ánchos), έγνοια (el) f (égnoia), ανησυχία (el) f (anisychía)
Ancient: μέριμνα f (mérimna)
Hebrew: חרדה (he) f (charadá)
Hindi: चिंता (cintā), परेशानी (hi) f (pareśānī)
Hungarian: aggodalom (hu)
Icelandic: kvíði (is) m, órói (is) m, áhyggja (is) f
Indonesian: kecemasan (id)
Irish: imní f, sníomh m
Italian: ansia (it) f, ansietà (it) f
Japanese: 心配 (ja) (しんぱい, shinpai)
Khmer: កង្វល់ (km) (kɑngvɑl)
Korean: 걱정 (ko) (geokjeong)
Latin: metus m, anxietās (la) f, sollicitudo f
Macedonian: грижа f (griža), тревога f (trevoga)
Magahi: 𑂃𑂢𑂵𑂮𑂰 (anesā), 𑂠𑂢𑂹𑂠 (dand), 𑂤𑂱𑂍𑂱𑂩 (phikir), 𑂒𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂰 (cintā)
Maori: māihi, enga, mānukanuka
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Old English: angsumnes f
Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb), قلق (kalak)
Persian: نگرانی (fa) (negarâni)
Polish: niepokój (pl), trwoga (pl) f
Portuguese: angústia (pt) f, ansiedade (pt) f
Romanian: anxietate (ro) f
Russian: беспоко́йство (ru) n (bespokójstvo), трево́га (ru) f (trevóga)
Sanskrit: अंहु (sa) n (aṃhu)
Scottish Gaelic: iomagain f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стрепња f

Roman: strepnja (sh) f
Slovak: úzkosť f, starosť f
Spanish: zozobra (es) f, ansiedad (es) f
Swedish: ängslan (sv) c, farhåga (sv) c, oro (sv) c
Tagalog: pagkabalisa
Tarifit: amnus m
Thai: ความวิตกกังวล
Turkish: kaygı (tr), endişe (tr)
Ukrainian: занепоко́єння n (zanepokójennja), триво́га f (tryvóha), неспокі́й m (nespokíj)
Urdu: چںتا (cintā)
Vietnamese: sự lo lắng, lo âu (vi)
Welsh: gorbryder m, pryder (cy) m

uneasy or distressing desire

Bulgarian: си́лно жела́ние n (sílno želánie)
Catalan: ansietat (ca) f
Czech: nedočkavost f
Danish: iver
Dutch: verlangen (nl)
Finnish: kiihkeä halu, hinku (fi)
Galician: trogo m, degoro (gl) m, xusgo m, prango m
German: Bemühen (de) n, Bestreben (de) n
Greek: επιθυμία (el) f (epithymía)
Italian: ansia (it) f, bramosia (it) f
Korean: 열망 (ko) (yeolmang)
Latin: metus
Magahi: 𑂃𑂍𑂳𑂪𑂰𑂯𑂗 (akulāhaṭ)
Portuguese: anseio (pt) m
Russian: (стра́стное) жела́ние n ((strástnoje) želánije), (си́льное) жела́ние n ((sílʹnoje) želánije)
Scottish Gaelic: iomagain f
Spanish: inquietud (es) f
Swedish: iver (sv) c
Tagalog: alip-ip
Tocharian B: īwate
Turkish: heves (tr)

pathological condition

Arabic: قَلَق (ar) m (qalaq), اِضْطِرَاب الْقَلَق (ar) m (iḍṭirāb al-qalaq)
Armenian: տագնապ (hy) (tagnap), տագնապայնություն (hy) (tagnapaynutʻyun)
Bengali: এজতেরাব (ejterab)
Catalan: ansietat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: úzkost (cs) f
Danish: angst (da) c
Dutch: angst (nl), vrees (nl)
Esperanto: anksio, angoro (eo)
Finnish: ahdistuneisuushäiriö (fi), ahdistus (fi)
French: anxiété (fr), angoisse (fr)
Galician: ansiedade (gl) f
Georgian: შფოთვა (špotva)
German: Angst (de) f, Angstzustände (de) m pl, Ängstlichkeit (de) f, Anspannung (de) f, Unruhe (de) f, innere Unruhe f, Erregung (de) f, Furcht (de) f, Dysphorie (de) f, Beklemmung (de) f, Aufgeregtheit f, Missstimmung (de) f
Greek: άγχος (el) n (ánchos)
Hebrew: חרדה (he) f (charadá)
Hungarian: szorongás (hu)
Icelandic: angist (is) f, kvíði (is) m
Indonesian: ansietas, kecemasan (id)
Italian: ansia (it) f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ជំងឺថប់បារម្ភ (cumngɨɨ tʰɑp baarɑm)
Korean: 불안 (ko) (buran)
Latin: metus
Latvian: baisma
Macedonian: анксиозност f (anksioznost)
Malay: keresahan
Maori: māihi
Norwegian: angst (no)
Persian: پریشانی (fa) (parišâni)
Polish: lęk (pl) m
Portuguese: ansiedade (pt) f
Romanian: anxietate (ro) f, teamă (ro) f
Russian: страх (ru) m (strax), боя́знь (ru) f (bojáznʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: iomagain f
Serbo-Croatian: anksioznost (sh) f, tjeskoba (sh) f
Slovene: tesnoba f
Spanish: ansiedad (es)
Swedish: ångest (sv) c
Thai: ความวิตกกังวล
Turkish: anksiyete (tr), endişe (tr)
Urdu: بے چَینی f (be cainī)
Vietnamese: lo âu (vi)
Welsh: gorbryder m

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Slovene: ^{(please verify)} tesnoba f

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