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Anxiousness

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

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Anxiety 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hypochondria 76% connected

Hypochondriasis; melancholy; the blues.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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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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Scare 76% connected

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

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Anxious 74% connected

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Anxious 74% connected

Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, esp. respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; -- applied t…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Anxiety 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Disquiet 92% connected

Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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