Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Anxiety or worry
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(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
n
oppression; hardship; grievance.
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Worried; anxious; panicky.
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(figuratively) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
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A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
adj
Dominated or plagued by angst.
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Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive
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(intransitive) To suffer pain.
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(slang) restless, apprehensive and fidgety
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(rare) One who has anxiety or is often anxious, especially socially.
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(psychology, intransitive, reflexive) To undergo anxiety; to feel anxious.
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(rare) Afflicted with or marked by anxiety.
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An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
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Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
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(UK, dialectal, Northern England) Anxious.
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Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt.
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(transitive) To fill with worry; cause to be worried; beset with cares; trouble; vex; harass.
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Worry.
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(obsolete) The state of being filled with worry.
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(obsolete) Alternative form of chagrin [Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.]
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(by extension) Often preceded by the: anxiety, fear, uneasiness.
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(transitive) To make somebody worried.
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Causing distress; upsetting.
adv
In a confused manner.
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(transitive, obsolete) To make sad, to upset.
adj
Sad because of a disappointment.
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Causing disappointment.
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Tending to discomfit (“embarrass greatly; upset the composure of, disconcert”).
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Mental or bodily distress.
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Uneasy or disturbed.
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(proscribed) Concerning; disconcerting.
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Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
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Anxious embarrassment
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(obsolete) Causing uneasiness.
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(transitive) To make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
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Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
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To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
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(transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
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(transitive) To disquiet; to make uneasy.
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disquietingly
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Producing inquietude or uneasiness.
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The act by which someone or something is disquieted.
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Tending to disquiet.
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(obsolete) Causing uneasiness.
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(countable) A fear or an instance of uneasiness.
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Causing disruption or unrest.
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To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
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distraught
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absent-minded, troubled, distracted
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A cause of such discomfort.
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Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing.
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Obsolete form of distressed. [anxious or uneasy]
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Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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(Buddhism) The three main types of pain, suffering, or stress: physical and mental, impermanence, and conditioned states. One of the three marks of existence.
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Nervous, apprehensive.
adv
To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.
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(archaic) Filled with anguish.
adj
Busy or employed.
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Causing or having eustress.
adv
In an exhausting manner.
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(existentialism) A state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort about questions of existence.
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(chiefly in the plural, dated) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.
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In a fatiguing manner.
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Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity.
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Unable to relax; fidgety or restless.
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Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
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(rare) One who is frustrated.
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That frustrates; causing frustration.
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Acronym of generalized anxiety disorder. [An anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry which may interfere with daily functioning.]
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An anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry which may interfere with daily functioning.
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(neologism) An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension, remorse, and/or obsessive concern about some uncertain event, which may be experienced during the day(s) following a bout of alcohol drinking.
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Anxious; unsure; uneasy.
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Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
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To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Increasing in severity.
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(psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
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(obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
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(obsolete) disturbance
n
A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous.
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In an irksome manner; tediously.
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(countable) A disappointment or anticlimax.
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(obsolete) Having discomfort or misery; troubled.
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To temper ill; to disorder.
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In a nerve-racking manner
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Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
adj
Alternative spelling of nonplussed [Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act.]
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(UK) To be too frightening or upsetting to even contemplate.
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Alternative form of off-putting [Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.]
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Causing worry or preoccupation.
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Burdensome or difficult to bear.
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(slang) Shocking and unexpected.
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Too fearful.
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(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
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Alternative form of PAINs
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Experiencing or in a state of panic.
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Anything that causes perturbation
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(uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
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In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
n
Alternative form of restless legs syndrome [A neurological disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move one's body to stop uncomfortable or odd sensations, usually in the legs.]
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(neologism, informal) The anxiety resulting from the mistaken belief that one's cell phone/mobile is ringing or vibrating.
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(informal, neologism) Anxiety experienced while waiting to undergo a medical scan or receive the results of one.
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anxiety; jitters
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(X-Files fandom slang) Emotional distress experienced by the character Dana Scully.
adj
Nervous, anxious.
n
A state of impatience, agitation, and/or anxiety.
adv
In a stifled manner.
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(Scotland, law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
adv
In a sufferable manner.
adj
(informal) Extremely worried.
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Causing surprise.
n
(uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
adv
In a tedious or wearisome manner.
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A feeling of nervousness, excitement, or fear that is created in a movie, book, etc.; suspense.
n
(uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
adj
Sick with worry.
adj
Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
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The feeling of being troubled; upset or anxiety.
adj
Causing trouble or anxiety
adj
distressing, worrying
adj
restless; agitated; unquiet
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(transitive, obsolete) To disturb from a state of calm.
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(transitive) To make uneasy or uncomfortable
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Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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Alternative form of un-grieve [To stop or cause to stop grieving because the cause of grief is removed.]
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(now rare) To disturb, disquiet.
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Alternative form of inquietude [A condition of being restless, uneasy or nervous.]
adj
That makes one troubled or uneasy; disquieting or distressing.
n
The quality of being upset; emotional distress.
adj
Capable of being upset (distressed, made unhappy).
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(rare) So as to be upsettable.
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Causing upset; distressing.
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hesitantly; with trepidation
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(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Restless; uneasy.
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(obsolete) Disquietude; unrest.
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In an wearied manner; wearily.
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Alternative form of worrit [(dialect, nonstandard, intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.]
adj
(rare) Capable of becoming worried.
n
The act of worrying; anxiety.
adj
Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
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(dialect, nonstandard) One who worries excessively or unnecessarily.
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(dialect, nonstandard) One who worries; an anxious person.
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(transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
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(informal, reflexive) To worry to a great degree.
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Alternative spelling of worrywart [(originally US) A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.]
n
Alternative spelling of worrywart [(originally US) A person who worries excessively, especially about unimportant matters.]
adj
Full of or suffering worry or anxiety.
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worrywart, someone who worries excessively.
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wrinkles supposed to be caused by worrying
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Alternative spelling of worriment [The act of worrying; anxiety.]

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