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angst

[ ahngkst, angst ]

noun

  1. a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.


angst

/ æŋst; aŋst /

noun

  1. an acute but nonspecific sense of anxiety or remorse
  2. (in Existentialist philosophy) the dread caused by man's awareness that his future is not determined but must be freely chosen
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angst

  1. A kind of fear or anxiety ; Angst is German for “fear.” It is usually applied to a deep and essentially philosophical anxiety about the world in general or personal freedom. ( See existentialism .)
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  • angsty adjective angstier angstiest
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Word History and Origins

Origin of angst1

First recorded in 1840–50; from German Angst “fear, anxiety,” Old High German angust (cognate with Middle Low German angest, Middle Dutch anxt ), from ang- (akin to eng “narrow, constricted”) + -st, abstract noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of angst1

German
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Example Sentences

Many Scottish rugby fans look 20 years older than they actually are because of all the angst they've gone through.

From BBC

Keep it simple and channel your angst into your work.

Asked about potential cuts to the social safety net, Obernolte said there “has been a lot of angst and consternation about programs that everyone relies on like Social Security, like Medicare, like Medicaid.”

In my teenage angst, there was nothing about it that empowered me.

From Salon

Like so many other social media cris de coeur, Chmura figured his would get a thumbs up from a few sympathetic friends and then get lost in the vast sea of online angst.

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