Anxiety in Swahili
Anxiety in Swahili is commonly translated as wasiwasi.
Wasiwasi is pronounced as: wah-see-WAH-see.
Wasiwasi in Swahili means:
1. Dukuduku la moyo. (Heart beats with fear)
2. Hali ya kutokuwa na hakika kuhusu jambo. (Uncertainty about something.)
Other words to translate anxiety in Swahili are:
Shaka
- Tashwishi
- Papatiko
- Mfundo
- Jakamoyo
Anxiety definition in English
1. A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
2. Strong desire or concern to do something or for something to happen.
Similar words to anxiety in English are:
- worry
- concern
- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- consternation
- uneasiness
- unease
- fearfulness
- fear
- disquiet
- disquietude
- perturbation
- fretfulness
- agitation
- angst
- nervousness
- nerves
- edginess
- tension
- tenseness
- stress
- misgiving
- trepidation
- foreboding
- suspense
Examples of anxiety in Swahili in sentences
- Habari za aina hii hakika zitaleta wasiwasi. (Reports of this kind are guaranteed to cause anxiety.)
- Mwalimu alimsifu kwa shauku yake ya kujua. (The teacher praised him for his anxiety for knowledge.)
- Hofu yake iliongezeka kadiri miezi ilivyosonga. (Her anxiety mounted month by month.)
- Chini ya utuli wake dhahiri kulikuwa na wasiwasi wa ukweli. (Under his apparent calm lay real anxiety.)
- Ameonyesha dalili za wasiwasi mwingi. (He has exhibited symptoms of overwhelming anxiety.)
- Dada yangu hunichanganya na kunisababisha hofu. (My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.)
- Hofu ilimtawanya. (She was distracted with anxiety.)
- Kuna hofu kubwa kati ya wafanyikazi kuhusu kupoteza kazi. (There is considerable anxiety among staff about job losses.)
- Nilishangazwa na wasiwasi wake. (I was surprised by the intensity of his anxiety.)
- Aliniondoa wasiwasi. (He relieved me from anxiety.)
- Baadhi ya wagonjwa wa hospitali hupitia viwango vya juu vya wasiwasi. (Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety.)
- Sauti yake ilikuwa imejaa wasiwasi. (Her voice was full of anxiety.)
- Kuna kidokezo cha wasiwasi katika sauti yake. (There is a note of anxiety in her voice.)
- Alihisi wasiwasi ambao haungeweza kuondolewa. (She felt a nagging anxiety that could not be relieved.)
- Kuna hofu nyingi miongoni mwa wafanyakazi kuhusu uwezekano wa kupoteza kazi. (There’s a lot of anxiety among the staff about possible job losses.)
- Watoto kawaida huhisi hofu nyingi kuhusu siku yao ya kwanza shuleni. (Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.)
- Muziki ulionekana kutuliza wasiwasi wake na upweke wake. (Music seemed to quiet her anxiety and loneliness.)
- Kukiri kulifungua akili yake kutoka kwa wasiwasi. (Confession disburdened her mind of anxiety.)
- Basi, chanzo cha wasiwasi wake ni nini? (So what’s the root cause of his anxiety?)
- Tulingoja habari kwa hofu. (We waited for news with a growing sense of anxiety.)
- Kusubiri matokeo ya mtihani ni wakati wa hofu kubwa. (Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety.)
