[
UK
/æŋzˈaɪəti/
]
[ US /æŋˈzaɪəti/ ]
[ US /æŋˈzaɪəti/ ]
NOUN
- a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
- (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
How To Use anxiety In A Sentence
- Your behaviour has occasioned us a great deal of anxiety.
- Hannah's remembrances of things past, however, are sometimes skewed by subtle dissonances and a sense of anxiety that disturb the apparent placidity of his picture-perfect world.
- Severe paruresis in school aged children can also lead to complete school refusal by the child, as well as more pervasive anxiety that can spread into other areas of life, such as social anxiety or even panic attacks. WebWire | Recent Headlines
- Commissioned in 1963 to make a film about America's first successful quintuplet birth, Leacock and Joyce Chopra captured the quints' mother's anxiety at her sudden celebrity and the surrounding South Dakota community's eagerness to cash in on it. The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America
- Festival organizers seem to have keyed into the public anxiety over their use of the park and are offering plenty of reassurances.
- Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.
- What seems like harmless flirty fun to you is filling her with anxiety. The Sun
- To relieve anxiety about funeral costs, we will introduce a funeral payment of ￡600, available on request.
- She finds herself filled with anxiety about her relationship with her lover. Christianity Today
- If slipping into your jammies and turning off the lights isn't enough to give you mental refreshment, or if stress and anxiety leave your brain a mess, try one of these mental-acuity agents.
