adj 1  :  characterized by extreme uneasiness of mind or brooding fear about some contingency  2  :  characterized by, resulting from, or causing anxiety <college students … separated into high-anxious and low-anxious groups -E. R. Hilgard & R. C. Atkinson>  .
 
 
 
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