Leiden

Definitions of Leiden
  1. noun
    emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
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    antonyms:
    Vergnügen, Vergnügtheit, Wohlgefühl
    a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
    type of:
    Emotion, Empfindung, Gefühl, Gemütsbewegung
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  2. noun
    a disturbance of the peace or of public order
    synonyms: Staatskrise
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    types:
    Streit, Zwietracht
    lack of agreement or harmony
    type of:
    Zustand
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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