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‖ angst|ˈæŋst|
[G.]
Anxiety, anguish, neurotic fear; guilt, remorse.
[1849Geo. Eliot Let. 5 Aug. (1954) I. 293 ‘Die Angst’ she says often brings on a pain at her heart. 1922C. J. M. Hubback tr. Freud's Beyond Pleasure Principle ii. 9 Apprehension (Angst) denotes a certain condition as of expectation of danger..even though it be an unknown one. 1941Philosophy XVI. 260 To Heidegger Angst, dread, is the fear of metaphysical insecurity.] 1944‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave 22 Angst may take the form of remorse about the past, guilt about the present, anxiety about the future. 1950A. Huxley Themes & Variations 202 To acedia and confusion, to nightmare and angst, to incomprehension and panic bewilderment. 1956C. P. Snow Homecomings viii. 65 Discussing other people whose lives were riven by angst—it domesticated her wretchedness a little to have that label to pin on. 1964New Statesman 10 Apr. 574/1 Telly-angst is a natural corollary of architectural news-angst generally.
Comb., as angst-forming, angst-ridden, angst-wrought adjs.
1944‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave 43 There need be nothing angst-forming about the sexual act. 1958Times 14 Feb. 6/1 (Advt.), The..contrast drawn between those years and our Angst-ridden era. 1958Observer 27 Apr. 15/3 Petrushka is a tied-up angst-wrought neurotic.
▸ angsty adj. characterized by angst.
1956Oxf. Mag. 75 84/2 (heading) *Angsty young men. 2003A. Greenwald Nothing feels Good ii. 31 The kids in high school liked moshing to the angsty sounds of grunge, but it didn't make them feel any better when they were home alone in their bedrooms. |