overanxiety

8.1

Feeling too much worry about things that are not likely to happen

noun
/ˌoʊvərænˈzaɪəti/

: sobreansiedad

Her overanxiety about the exam affected her performance.

Examples

Her overanxiety about her children often leads her to worry unnecessarily.
The doctor's calm manner helped to ease the patient's overanxiety.
Trying to control everything can sometimes result in overanxiety and stress.
Don't let overanxiety control your life!
Her overanxiety about her children's safety often leads her to worry unnecessarily.
The relaxation techniques he learned helped reduce his overanxiety before public speaking.
Her constant need for reassurance is a sign of overanxiety that she needs to address.

Synonyms

anxiety

vsoveranxiety

484 3.5

A worried, nervous feeling that makes you unable to relax

is a much stronger excessive form of that worry

nervousness

vsoveranxiety

33 2.7

A feeling of being worried or anxious

is a stronger excessive level beyond temporary situational worry

anxiousness

vsoveranxiety

3 3.8

A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future

is more intense and excessive than that uncertain worry

Antonyms

relaxation

53 1.6

A calm, stress-free state when you rest or enjoy free time

calmness

11 2.7

A state without strong feelings or worry in your mind

How Anxious

overanxiety

8.1

anxiety

484 3.5

unease

21 4.4

calmness

11 2.7

Surface Forms

overanxiety singular

overanxieties plural

Morphology

overanxiety = anxiety (transparent) = over + over + anxiety

The productive prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessive' combines directly with the familiar noun 'anxiety' to yield 'excessive anxiety', which is easily derivable for intermediate learners.

Etymology

The word overanxiety combines the parts over- meaning 'too much' and anxiety meaning 'worry', just like in overcook where 'over-' makes something 'too much'. So it means 'too much worry'.