ANGST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("angst" is a kind of...):

anxiety (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)

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