Noun

• S: (n) anxiety, anxiousness ((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)
• S: (n) anxiousness, disquiet (a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)
• S: (n) discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment (anxious embarrassment)
• S: (n) worry, trouble (a strong feeling of anxiety) "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"
• S: (n) concern, care, fear (an anxious feeling) "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
• S: (n) anxiousness, disquiet (a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments)
• S: (n) insecurity (the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure)
• S: (n) edginess, uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude (feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable)
• S: (n) sinking, sinking feeling (a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension) "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"
• S: (n) scruple, qualm, misgiving (uneasiness about the fitness of an action)
• S: (n) jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness (the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters)
• S: (n) angst (an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom)
• derivationally related form