ANXIETY ATTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anxiety attack mean? 

• ANXIETY ATTACK (noun)
  The noun ANXIETY ATTACK has 1 sense:

1. a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic

  Familiarity information: ANXIETY ATTACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANXIETY ATTACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anxiety attack" is a kind of...):

attack (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition)