anxiety

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

anx·iety [anxiety anxieties] BrE [æŋˈzaɪəti] NAmE [æŋˈzaɪəti] noun (pl. anx·ieties)
1. uncountable ~ (about/over sth) the state of feeling nervous or worried that sth 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.
2. countable a worry or fear about sth
• If you're worried about your health, share your anxieties with your doctor.
3. uncountable a strong feeling of wanting to do sth or of wanting sth to happen
•~ to do sth the candidate's anxiety to win the vote
•~ for sth the people's anxiety for the war to end

Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: from French anxiété or Latin anxietas, from anxius, from angere ‘to choke’.

Thesaurus:
anxiety noun U, C
•Some patients experience high levels of anxiety.
worry • • unease • • concern • • agitation • • angst • • apprehension •
anxiety/worry/unease/concern/angst/ apprehension over/about sth
anxiety/worry/unease/concern/apprehension that…
great/considerable/growing anxiety/worry/unease/concern/agitation/apprehension
cause anxiety/unease/concern/apprehension

Example Bank:
•A few anxieties surfaced during the meeting.
•A lot of anxiety surrounds the issue of human cloning.
•His face betrayed his anxiety.
•I keep having this anxiety dream where I've forgotten to do something important.
•Physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression.
•She felt a nagging anxiety that could not be relieved.
•The aim is to reduce anxiety and help the patients relax.
•The more reports I study the more my anxiety grows.
•The mothers were able to share their anxieties with each other.
•There are anxieties over the effects of unemployment.
•They were encouraged to express their fears and anxieties.
•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
•deep anxiety for the whole family
•her growing anxiety about her health
•patients suffering from an anxiety disorder
•skills to cope with anxiety
•the high level of anxiety created by entering a new environment
•A couple of photographers fell over themselves in their anxiety to get a shot of her.
•the candidate's anxiety to win the vote
•the people's anxiety for the war to end