anxiety

English

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, 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, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 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

Derived terms

anxiety disorder
castration anxiety
climate anxiety
eco-anxiety
generalized anxiety disorder
hangxiety
performance anxiety
range anxiety
ringxiety
separation anxiety
separation anxiety disorder
social anxiety
social anxiety disorder

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂enǵʰ-‎ (0 c, 11 e)

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: পেরেশানী (pereśanī)
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 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
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)

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
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) (tagnapaynutʿyun)
Bengali: এজতেরাব (ezterab)
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 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
Maori: māihi
Norwegian: angst (no)
Persian: اضطراب‎ (fa) (ezterâb)
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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Georgian: ^{(please verify)} წუხილი (c̣uxili)
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} tesnoba f