Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anxiety \Anx*i"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Anxieties}. [L. anxietas, fr.
   anxius: cf. F. anxi['e]t['e]. See {Anxious}.]
   1. Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event,
      future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it
      in a state of painful uneasiness.

   2. Eager desire. --J. D. Forbes

   3. (Med.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with
      general indisposition and a distressing sense of
      oppression at the epigastrium. --Dunglison.

   Syn: Care; solicitude; foreboding; uneasiness; perplexity;
        disquietude; disquiet; trouble; apprehension;
        restlessness. See {Care}.