anxiety - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

Synonyms

• anxiety

More generic

• emotion

More specific

• angst
• anxiousness
• care
• concern
• discomfiture
• discomposure
• disconcertion
• disconcertment
• disquiet
• disquietude
• edginess
• fear
• inquietude
• insecurity
• jitteriness
• jumpiness
• misgiving
• nervousness
• qualm
• restiveness
• scruple
• sinking
• sinking feeling
• trouble
• uneasiness
• worry

Noun

(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

Synonyms

• anxiety
• anxiousness

More generic

• mental condition
• mental state
• psychological condition
• psychological state

More specific

• castration anxiety
• hypochondria
• hypochondriasis
• overanxiety
• panic
• scare

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