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angst Definition

angst (äŋst, aŋst)

noun

a gloomy, often neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression

Etymology: Ger: see anger

angst Synonyms

angst

n.

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.