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боя́знь — meaning in English

boyazn

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English meaning

  • anxiety noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
  • dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  • fear noun A strong, unpleasant feeling caused by the sense of danger or threat.
  • horror noun A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
  • phobia noun An intense, often irrational fear of a specific thing or situation.

Senses

боя́знь is used for these senses in English:

  • anxiety (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
  • dread Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
  • fear (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
  • fear (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
  • horror (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
  • phobia An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

anxiety — full definition

  1. noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
  2. noun (medical) A diagnosable disorder marked by chronic, excessive worry that interferes with daily life.

dread — full definition

  1. verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  2. noun A strong feeling of fear or anxiety about something.
  3. adj Causing great fear; dreaded (used mainly in older or literary English).

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