Angst

Noun

1.

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

agitation, all-overs, anguish, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, boredom, cankerworm of care, care, cheerlessness, concern, concernment, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, dread, dullness, emptiness, ennui, existential woe, fear, flatness, foreboding, forebodingness, grimness, inquietude, joylessness, lack of pleasure, malaise, misgiving, nausea, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, overanxiety, painfulness, perturbation, pins and needles, pucker, savorlessness, solicitude, spleen, staleness, stew, strain, suspense, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, tension, trouble, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unpleasure, unquietness, unsatisfaction, upset, vexation, vexation of spirit, zeal