angst Definition
angst (äŋst, aŋst)
noun
a gloomy, often neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression
Etymology: Ger: see anger
angst Synonyms
angst Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ride: Fall Out Boy have been embraced by angst ridden teenage America.
- cause: The angst caused from living in a fast-paced society is the main reason according to the BACP.
- have: These German AMC's had wrought considerable angst across the Seven Seas whilst they lasted.
- fill: Distant radios shape the air with angst filled teenage music The night is bathed in the smell of teen spirit.
- get: Five years later and you get death angst, which stays with you until the end.
- capture: He is a quintessential New Yorker and captures Jewish angst well.
Adjective modifier
- existential: I'd also love to make some great European road movie - lots of existential angst, heavy emotions.
- teenage: Early signs of teenage angst are apparent on two of the best songs here.
- teen: Sex is to R&B what teen angst is to punk rock.
- adolescent: Anyway, I can imagine nothing more absurd than the sight of a 53 year old standing publicly bleating songs of adolescent angst.
- urban: Instead of an editorial we get a ramble a sort of epistle with rather more urban angst than upbeat progression.
- much: Some of these proposals have caused much angst among the workforce.
Modifies a noun
- rock: It's angst rock but it's well done and it has a great tune.
- whos: In a discussion with Mitchy recently she accused Michael of being an angst magnet whos ONLY plots revolve around angst.
- magnet: In a discussion with Mitchy recently she accused Michael of being an angst magnet whos ONLY plots revolve around angst.
Noun used with modifier
- class: He doesn't like middle class angst, indeed he isn't really interested in any kind of angst at all.
- existentialist: The idea of such a choice is the foundation of existentialist angst.
- relationship: What do you think now when you look back at Straight Talking, your brilliant study of relationship angst?
- faux: Come on dude, lay off all the faux angst, for all our sakes.
- indie: Forty Shades of Blue is a textbook Sundance Film Festival favorite - all long lenses, grainy stock and arduously earnest indie angst.
Browse dictionary entries near angst
- ‹ angry young men
- ‹ angry
- ‹ angrily
- ‹ Angoulême
- ‹ angostura (bark)
- ‹ Angora
- ‹ Angola
- ‹ Anglophone
- ‹ Anglophobia
- ‹ Anglophobe
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- Anguilla ›
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- anguished ›
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- angularity ›
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- angulation ›

