Usually means: Anxiety causing deep emotional distress.
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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word zozobra:

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  1. Zozobra: Wordnik
  2. Zozobra (band), Zozobra: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Zozobra, Zozobra: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Zozobra)

noun:  Zozobra (also known as Old Man Gloom and sometimes branded as Will Shuster's Zozobra) is a giant marionette effigy constructed of wood, wire and cotton cloth that is built and burned on the Friday of Labor Day weekend prior to the annual Fiestas de Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
noun:  an American sludge metal band that was first conceived by Caleb Scofield during 2006.
noun:  a Spanish word for distress.


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