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English
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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
Noun
anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural anxieties)
- An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict: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).
- (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
Synonyms
- care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress
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Translations
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: please add this translation if you can
- German: Besorgnis (de) f, Angst (de) f, Sorge (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: 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
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uneasy or distressing desire
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
- Finnish: ahdistuneisuushäiriö (fi), ahdistus (fi)
- French: anxiété (fr), angoisse (fr)
- Galician: ansiedade (gl) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Angst (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)
- Vietnamese: lo âu (vi)
- Welsh: gorbryder m
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Further reading
- “anxiety”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “anxiety”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.