anxiety state

noun

1

: anxiety disorder

2

: an episode of usually intense anxiety : a temporary condition during which a person experiences significant levels of anxiety

The anxiety state, like kinetic energy, refers to a palpable reaction or process taking place at a given time.

—Robert P. Granacher

Examples of anxiety state in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Have your muscles unclenched from the almost-90-minute anxiety state that was last night's epic episode of Game of Thrones? — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for anxiety state

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Medical Definition

anxiety state

noun

1

: anxiety disorder

Similarly, someone who fears panic but goes out freely into public places is not agoraphobic but rather has an anxiety state …

—Issac M. Marks, Fears, Phobias, and Rituals …

2

: an episode of usually intense anxiety : a temporary condition during which a person experiences significant levels of anxiety

The anxiety state, like kinetic energy, refers to a palpable reaction or process taking place at a given time.

—Robert P. Granacher, Traumatic Brain Injury …