ANXIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anxiousness mean? 

• ANXIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun ANXIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

2. a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

  Familiarity information: ANXIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANXIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anxiety; anxiousness

Hypernyms ("anxiousness" is a kind of...):

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anxiousness"):

castration anxiety ((psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women)

hypochondria; hypochondriasis (chronic and abnormal anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments)

overanxiety (excessive anxiety)

panic; scare (sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

anxiousness; disquiet

Hypernyms ("anxiousness" is a kind of...):

anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)

Derivation:

anxious (causing or fraught with or showing anxiety)

 Context examples 

And the anxiousness of her spirits directed her eyes towards his figure so repeatedly, as to catch Miss Tilney's notice.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)