anxiety

US: /æŋˈzaɪəti/
UK: /æŋzˈa‍ɪ‍əti/


English Vietnamese dictionary


anxiety /æɳ'zaiəti/
  • danh từ
    • mối lo, mối lo âu, mối băn khoăn; sự lo lắng
      • to be in a state of mortal anxiety: lo chết đi được
    • lòng ước ao, lòng khao khát; sự khắc khoải
      • to have an anxiety for something: ước ao cái gì
      • to have an anxiety to do something: ước ao làm gì

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun (plural anxieties)
1 [U] ~ (about / over sth) the state of feeling nervous or worried that sth bad is going to happen: acute / intense / deep anxiety + Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety. + Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety.
2 [C] a worry or fear about sth: If you're worried about your health, share your anxieties with your doctor. + to express / allay / quell an anxiety
3 [U] ~ to do sth
~ for sth a strong feeling of wanting to do sth or of wanting sth to happen: the candidate's anxiety to win the vote + the people's anxiety for the war to end

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 solicitude, concern, uneasiness, disquiet, nervousness, worry, dread, angst, apprehension, foreboding:
Philip began to feel genuine anxiety over Tanya's safety.
2 appetite, hunger, thirst, desire, eagerness, longing, ache, concern:
It is every person's anxiety to obtain for himself the inestimable pearl of genuine knowledge.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

acute, considerable, deep, great | chronic, constant, nagging | growing, increasing, mounting | natural, understandable | needless, unnecessary | public

QUANT.

level
the high level of anxiety created by entering a new environment

VERB + ANXIETY

arouse, bring, cause, create, provoke | lead to | experience, feel, suffer from
She felt a nagging anxiety that could not be relieved.
| express, share
The mothers were able to share their anxieties with each other.
| cope with, deal with
skills to cope with anxiety
| allay, alleviate, dispel, reduce, relieve
The aim is to reduce anxiety and help the patients relax.
| aggravate, increase

ANXIETY + VERB

grow
The more reports I study the more my anxiety grows.
| arise (from/out of sth), surface
A few anxieties surfaced during the meeting.

ANXIETY + NOUN

attack | level

PREP.

~ about
her growing anxiety about her health
| ~ at
anxiety at the deterioration of relations between the powers
| ~ for
deep anxiety for the whole family
| ~ over
There are anxieties over the effects of unemployment.

PHRASES

fear and anxiety
They were encouraged to express their fears and anxieties.


Concise English dictionary


anxietiesæŋ'zaɪətɪ
noun
+a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurring in a variety of mental disorders
+a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune