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angst

/æŋ(k)st/
noun

  1. Emotional turmoil; painful sadness.

  2. A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.

verb

  1. To suffer angst; to fret.

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