overanxiety

Definitions of overanxiety
  1. noun
    excessive anxiety
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    type of:
    anxiety, anxiousness
    (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
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