All anxiety synonyms

noun anxiety

• nervousness — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
• restlessness — characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
• apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
• suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
• uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
• disquiet — lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
• unease — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
• misgiving — Often, misgivings. a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension.
• mistrust — lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
• angst — Angst is a feeling of anxiety and worry.
• jitters — jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
• doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
• uneasiness — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
• dread — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
• misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
• suspense — a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• panic — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
• concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• foreboding — a prediction; portent.
• heebie-jeebies — a condition of extreme nervousness caused by fear, worry, strain, etc.; the jitters; the willies (usually preceded by the): Just thinking about ghosts gives me the heebie-jeebies.
• watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
• downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
• flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
• drag — drag and drop
• care — If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
• disquietude — the state of disquiet; uneasiness.
• botheration — bother
• sweat — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
• fretful — disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
• needles — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
• willies — a male given name, form of William.
• creeps — an act or instance of creeping: It seems as if time has slowed to a creep.
• butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
• worriment — the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
• goose bumps — If you get goose bumps, the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited.
• pins and needles — a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
• all-overs — a general feeling of unease and nervousness throughout the body (usually preceded by the).
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• fear — a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
• tension — the act of stretching or straining.
• cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
• nail-biting — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.