anxiety

noun (plural anxieties)

• a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome:he felt a surge of anxiety anxieties about the moral decline of today’s youth
• [with infinitive] desire to do something, typically accompanied by unease:the housekeeper’s eager anxiety to please
• Psychiatry a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks.