angst

The definition of angst is a feeling of anxiety or dread.

(noun)

A person who is extremely nervous about blood tests that she has to have done is an example of someone experiencing angst.

See angst in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a gloomy, often neurotic feeling of generalized anxiety and depression

Origin: Ger: see anger

See angst in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: , from Middle High German angest

Origin: , from Old High German angust; see angh- in Indo-European roots

abbreviation

angstrom

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