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anxiety
noun as in worry, tension
Strongest matches
angst, apprehension, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, jitters, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, panic, restlessness, suffering, suspense, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness
Strong matches
botheration, butterflies, care, creeps, disquietude, distress, downer, drag, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, heebie-jeebies, jumps, needles, shakes, shivers, solicitude, sweat, watchfulness, willies, worriment
Weak matches
all-overs, ants in pants, cold sweat, goose bumps, nail-biting, pins and needles
Example Sentences
These can include lowered mood, emotional difficulties and feelings of anxiety.
Flaubert and Balzac, according to Mr. Delbourgo, were a new kind of buyer, the “Romantic collecting self,” possessed by status anxiety but lacking great wealth.
Suddenly, therapy becomes less of a place to work through her problems and more of a dumping ground for her anxieties, the only space where she’s allowed to unload without judgment.
In one, Arjun set out his experience trying to get support for depression and anxiety.
It means OCD is now second in the list of named mental health disorders - placing it and other anxiety disorders well ahead of depression:
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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