anxiety

noun (plural anxieties)

• 1a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome:he felt a surge of anxiety [count noun]:anxieties about the moral decline of today’s youth
• Psychiatry a nervous disorder marked by excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behaviour or panic attacks: [as modifier]:she suffered from anxiety attacks

• 2 [with infinitive] strong desire or concern to do something or for something to happen:the housekeeper’s eager anxiety to please