Anxiety1. (n.) 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. (n.) Eager desire.
3. (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.
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