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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Anxiety

/ăng-zī'-ət-ē/ · Anx·i·e·ty · IPA /ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ.ɪ.ti/
01 n. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful unea…
pl. Anxieties
  1. 1.
    Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.
  2. 2.
    Eager desire.
  3. 3.
    A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.(Med.)