anxious vs. anxiety

anxious

adjective

  1. full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; apprehensive:

    Her parents were anxious about her poor health.

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  2. earnestly desirous; eager (usually followed by an infinitive or for ): anxious for our happiness.

    anxious to please;

    anxious for our happiness.

    Antonyms: ,

  3. attended with or showing solicitude or uneasiness:

    anxious forebodings.

anxiety

noun

plural anxieties.
  1. distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune:

    He felt anxiety about the possible loss of his job.

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  2. earnest but tense desire; eagerness:

    He had a keen anxiety to succeed in his work.

  3. Psychiatry. a state of apprehension and psychic tension occurring in some forms of mental disorder.