angst
noun
[ aŋst ]
• a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.
• "the existential angst of the middle classes"
Similar:
anxiety,
fear,
dread,
apprehension,
worry,
perturbation,
foreboding,
trepidation,
malaise,
distress,
disquiet,
disquietude,
unease,
uneasiness,
inquietude,
Origin:
1920s: from German, ‘fear’.
