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Anxiety

Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

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Anxiousness 76% connected

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Discomfiture 76% connected

The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.

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Discomposure 76% connected

The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

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Disconcertion 76% connected

The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation.

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Disquiet 76% connected

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Hypochondria 76% connected

Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.

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Hypochondriasis 76% connected

A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health.

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Inquietude 76% connected

Disturbed state; uneasiness either of body or mind; restlessness; disquietude.

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Insecurity 76% connected

The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

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Misgiving 76% connected

of Misgive

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Nervousness 76% connected

State or quality of being nervous.

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Overanxiety 76% connected

The state of being overanxious; excessive anxiety.

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Panic 76% connected

A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

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Qualm 76% connected

Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.

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Scare 76% connected

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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Scruple 76% connected

A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

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Sinking 76% connected

of Sink

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Uneasiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.

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Worry 76% connected

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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Emotion 76% connected

A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting…

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Anxiousness 92% connected

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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