overanxiousness
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overanxious — overanxiety /oh veuhr ang zuy i tee/, overanxiousness, n. overanxiously, adv. /oh veuhr angk sheuhs, ang /, adj. excessively anxious. [1735 45; OVER + ANXIOUS] * * * … Universalium
fanaticism — Synonyms and related words: agitation, authoritarianism, balkiness, bias, bibliolatry, bigotry, blind side, blind spot, blinders, bluster, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bullheadedness, cacophony, chaos, charismatic gift, charismatic movement,… … Moby Thesaurus
frenzy — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abandon, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, affect epilepsy, agitation, akinetic epilepsy, amok, annoy, apoplexy, arouse, arrest, attack,… … Moby Thesaurus
fury — Synonyms and related words: Alecto, Jezebel, Mafioso, Megaera, Nemesis, Tartar, Tisiphone, Young Turk, abandon, acerbity, acrimony, agitation, amok, anger, ardency, ardor, asperity, attack, battle ax, bear, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker,… … Moby Thesaurus
infatuation — Synonyms and related words: affection, ardor, blind faith, bug, calf love, case, craze, crazy fancy, credulity, credulousness, crush, devotion, disposition to believe, dotage, ease of belief, enthusiasm, fanaticism, fascination, fondness, frenzy … Moby Thesaurus
mania — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, abstraction, abulia, alienation, an universal wolf, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, brain damage, brainsickness, bug, catatonic… … Moby Thesaurus
zealotry — Synonyms and related words: bibliolatry, bigotry, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, extremism, fanaticalness, fanaticism, fervor, frenzy, fury, gift of tongues, glossolalia,… … Moby Thesaurus
overanxious — (adj.) from OVER (Cf. over) + ANXIOUS (Cf. anxious). A hybrid word introduced by novelist Samuel Richardson (1689 1761) in Pamela. Related: Overanxiously; overanxiousness … Etymology dictionary
solicitude — n 1. concern, care, thought, regard, consideration; anxiety, overconcern, nervousness, worry, inquietude; uneasiness, disquietude, disquiet, apprehension, fearfulness, fear, alarm. 2. overanxiety, overanxiousness, eagerness, overea gerness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
overanxious — /oʊvərˈæŋʃəs/ (say ohvuhr angshuhs) adjective excessively anxious. –overanxiety /oʊvəræŋˈzaɪəti/ (say ohvuhrang zuyuhtee) –overanxiousness, noun –overanxiously, adverb …
