Beklommenheit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anxiety noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
- trepidation noun A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that is about to happen.
Senses
Beklommenheit is used for these senses in English:
- anxiety An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
- trepidation An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
- trepidation (astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
anxiety — full definition
- noun A persistent feeling of unease, nervousness, or worry, often about something uncertain that hasn't happened yet.
- noun (medical) A diagnosable disorder marked by chronic, excessive worry that interferes with daily life.
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