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angst /aŋst /noun [mass noun]1A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general: the existential angst of the middle classes rock and pop have a tradition of celebrating adolescent angst...- Everything bounces along with a youthful joy, devoid of cynical teenage angst, full of hope and dare we say it slightly soppy.
- It is a sign of the times, of our tumultuous, dizzying culture of metaphysical angst.
- Through an occasional nocturnal trip to the gym, Matt Murdock finds a way to relieve some of his adolescent angst.
Synonyms anxiety, fear, dread, apprehension, worry, perturbation, foreboding, trepidation, malaise, distress, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness rare inquietude 1.1 informal A feeling of persistent worry about something trivial: my hair causes me angst...- Finally, however, after much worry and angst, it was the night of the Debutante Ball.
- When I was a child I used to cause my mother major fits of angst while trying to keep me still in church.
- We wouldn't have minded, but she put all our cutlery and crockery away in the wrong places, causing much angst upon our return.
Derivatives angsty adjective ...- Looking back, he says this was simply angsty teenage rebellion.
- Clearly, not being an angsty teen, this doesn't really apply to me, but it does make me ask myself what the point of this blog business is.
- He spent his teenage years in Lafayette, Indiana, an angsty reprobate and hardened juvenile delinquent.
Origin 1920s: from German, 'fear'. |