anxiety
/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ noun B1- An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event. · generalized anxiety disorder· feel anxiety
- An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).
- A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
- Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder.
Plural anxieties
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The sick man was not yet able to speak, but he pointed with evident anxiety towards the door.
It was therefore near seven o’clock; but Edmond’s anxiety had put all thoughts of time out of his head.
Almost before the key had turned in the lock, and before the departing steps of the jailer had died away in the long corridor he had to traverse, Dantès, whose restless anxiety concerning his friend left him no desire to touch the food brought him, hurried back to the abbé’s chamber, and raising the stone by pressing his head against it, was soon beside the sick man’s couch.
For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.
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