Bible Dictionaries
Anxiety

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

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

(2):

(n.) Eager desire.

(3):

(n.) Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Anxiety'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/anxiety.html. 1828.