Noun

(uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.

(countable) Specific instance of being intensely terrified.

* 1794 , (William Godwin),

The terrors with which I was seizedwere extreme.

(uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

* 1921', (Edith Birkhead), ''The tale of '''terror : a study of the Gothic romance

(countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.

* 1841 , (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The terrors of the storm

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Noun

(anxieties)

An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

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* 2005 , .

But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.

An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).

I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.

(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.