a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.
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Agoraphobia
a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
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a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.The act of depressing.
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of re…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Abnormal psychology.(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To make pale; to blanch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To take or seize; to take hold of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.The act of gaping.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.That mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morbid, fear, open, spaces, caught.Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
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