单词 | angst-forming |
释义 | > as lemmasangst-forming C1. With participles, forming compounds in which angst expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in angst-forming, angst-inducing, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave ii. 43 There need be nothing angst-forming about the sexual act. 1965 Guardian 1 Mar. 6/2 This is not a plea for ant-heap architecture, sometimes splendid to look at but an unhappy angst-creating background to human life which it out-scales. 2005 G. Bedell Handmade House (2006) 113 Suburbia is now recognized as sufficiently angst-inducing to be a perfectly respectable background for pop musicians. < as lemmas |
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