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ANGST
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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)