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Overanxiety

The state of being overanxious; excessive 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.

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Anxiousness 76% connected

The quality of being anxious; great solicitude; anxiety.

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