1. (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 [noun]

• Synonyms: anxiousness
• Topics: psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicing
• Hypernyms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition
• Hyponyms: castration anxiety, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, overanxiety, panic, scare

2. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune.

• Hypernyms: emotion
• Hyponyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment, worry, trouble, concern, fear, anxiousness, disquiet, insecurity, edginess, uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude, sinking, sinking feeling, scruple, qualm, misgiving, jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness, restiveness, angst