angstn.

Brit.

/aŋ(k)st/, U.S.

/æŋ(k)st/,

/ɑŋ(k)st/

Forms: Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Angst.

Etymology: < German Angst (Old High German angust (8th cent.), Middle High German angest ), cognate with Old Frisian ongost , angst , Middle Dutch anxt , anxte (Dutch angst ), Middle Low German angest , anxt < a suffixed form of the Germanic base of Old High German angī , engi , Old English enge , both in the senses ‘narrow, distressed’ (see ange adv. and n.).

Originally Psychiatry.

A feeling of anxiety, dread, or unease.Originally usually referring to intense non-specific anxiety or fear about the human condition or the state of the world in general, but later also often used of persistent anxiety or apprehension about a particular thing.Quot. 1872 shows a use of the German word in an English context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > uneasiness or anxiety

pensienessc1450

anxietya1475

pensee1474

uneasiness1682

angst1902

misease1905

1872 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 21 Nov. 352/1 He was accustomed to a sort of panic (angst), coming over him suddenly.]

1902 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity July 28 In general..we may say that there are four predominant symptoms in the initial deliria: (1) Impaired associative activity, disorientation. (2) Psycho-motor excitement. (3) Fallacious sense perceptions with developing delusions. (4) Anxious affective state (Angst).

1911 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 6 165 The phobias that a patient manifests are seemingly merely the embodiments of a general state of Angst, aroused in another way.

1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave 22 Angst may take the form of remorse about the past, guilt about the present, anxiety about the future.

1967 Irish Times 11 Mar. 10/3 In present times of Angst about overweight, and coronaries, and cancer..it is salutary to listen to Lowell's racy version of Juvenal's cautionary advice.

2002 New Yorker 11 Feb. 70/3 Spade here reveals the existential angst at the bottom of his soul.

2018 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 24 Nov. (Spectrum section) 19 There has been some angst in the US about the decline in adult fiction sales.

Compounds

C1. With participles, forming compounds in which angst expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in angst-forming, angst-inducing, etc., adjs.

ΚΠ

1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave ii. 43 There need be nothing angst-forming about the sexual act.

1965 Guardian 1 Mar. 6/2 This is not a plea for ant-heap architecture, sometimes splendid to look at but an unhappy angst-creating background to human life which it out-scales.

2005 G. Bedell Handmade House (2006) 113 Suburbia is now recognized as sufficiently angst-inducing to be a perfectly respectable background for pop musicians.

C2.

a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘by angst; with angst’, as in angst-driven, angst-filled, angst-wrought, etc., adjs.

ΚΠ

1958 Observer 27 Apr. 15/3 Petrushka is a tied-up angst-wrought neurotic.

1970 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 61/3 Will Astrid Frank, our angst-filled lass, ever rid herself of the Lesbian clutches of Nicole Debonne?

1978 Washington Post 9 Nov. d24 Harry's updated and angst-driven observations do not diminish the exuberance she finds in rock 'n' roll expression.

2003 Time Out N.Y. 3 Apr. 131/1 Few contemporary operas..transcend reheated verismo or angst-fueled expressionism.

angst-ridden adj.

ΚΠ

1957 Times 13 Nov. 11/7 A sizable minority to-day are Angst-ridden.

1991 New Yorker 28 Oct. 4/3 Timothy Mann's angst-ridden new play about the grim life of an East Village couple.

2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) xii. 249 Almost every angst-ridden teenager could relate to their lyrics.

C3.

angst rock n. pop or rock music characterized by melancholic themes and lyrics dealing with frustration and despair.

ΚΠ

1979 Washington Post 10 Oct. e4/2 The New Wave's Angst-Rock stars are latter-day incarnations of Sisyphus, rolling thematic stones of love up a hill.

1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash iii. 70 But in the post-punk era the city's musical output tended to be synonymous with the un-pop hue of grey:... The Fall's baleful intransigence, Joy Division's angst-rock, New Order's doubt-wracked disco.

2015 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 Oct. 124 Jagged Little Pill sold 33 million copies and made Alanis Morissette the queen of angst rock.

Derivatives

ˈangsty adj. afflicted with or full of angst.

ΚΠ

1956 Oxf. Mag. 75 84/2 (heading) Angsty young men.

1980 Washington Post 22 Aug. c1/3 ‘What difference does it make whether something is good or bad?’ he asks with a sigh of angsty resignation.

2003 A. Greenwald Nothing feels Good ii. 31 The kids in high school liked moshing to the angsty sounds of grunge, but it didn't make them feel any better when they were home alone in their bedrooms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

angstv.

Brit.

/aŋ(k)st/, U.S.

/æŋ(k)st/,

/ɑŋ(k)st/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: angst n.

Etymology: < angst n.

intransitive. To agonize; to fret. Usually with about, over. Occasionally transitive. Chiefly in present participle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > form judgement, decide [verb (intransitive)] > with difficulty

agonize1973

angst1989

1989 [implied in: Washington Post 3 Mar. (Weekend section) 33/4 The perfect cast includes an angsting Allen..and the marvelous Mae Questel (the voice of the original Betty Boop and Olive Oyl) as Woody's Ur-Mama. (at angsting adj.)].

1993 Santa Fe New Mexican 19 Feb. c1/1 Three roommates angsting their ways through their 20s.

1993 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 3 Nov. 4 a/6 Am I angsting too much?

1998 Independent on Sunday 4 Oct. (Culture section) 5/1 At first, she angsts and blubbers before giving the order to send her subjects into battle.

2014 V. Bergin Rain ii. 23 I..went back to the snack-making…so's I'd look like I was cool (and hadn't even thought about angsting about anything).

2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Mar. 32 I'd also stop angsting over the exodus. The flood of young urban creatives to regional towns can only be good.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	angst
释义	angstn. Brit. /aŋ(k)st/, U.S. /æŋ(k)st/, /ɑŋ(k)st/ Forms: Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Angst. Etymology: < German Angst (Old High German angust (8th cent.), Middle High German angest ), cognate with Old Frisian ongost , angst , Middle Dutch anxt , anxte (Dutch angst ), Middle Low German angest , anxt < a suffixed form of the Germanic base of Old High German angī , engi , Old English enge , both in the senses ‘narrow, distressed’ (see ange adv. and n.). Originally Psychiatry. A feeling of anxiety, dread, or unease.Originally usually referring to intense non-specific anxiety or fear about the human condition or the state of the world in general, but later also often used of persistent anxiety or apprehension about a particular thing.Quot. 1872 shows a use of the German word in an English context. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > uneasiness or anxiety pensienessc1450 anxietya1475 pensee1474 uneasiness1682 angst1902 misease1905 1872 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 21 Nov. 352/1 He was accustomed to a sort of panic (angst), coming over him suddenly.] 1902 Amer. Jrnl. Insanity July 28 In general..we may say that there are four predominant symptoms in the initial deliria: (1) Impaired associative activity, disorientation. (2) Psycho-motor excitement. (3) Fallacious sense perceptions with developing delusions. (4) Anxious affective state (Angst). 1911 Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 6 165 The phobias that a patient manifests are seemingly merely the embodiments of a general state of Angst, aroused in another way. 1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave 22 Angst may take the form of remorse about the past, guilt about the present, anxiety about the future. 1967 Irish Times 11 Mar. 10/3 In present times of Angst about overweight, and coronaries, and cancer..it is salutary to listen to Lowell's racy version of Juvenal's cautionary advice. 2002 New Yorker 11 Feb. 70/3 Spade here reveals the existential angst at the bottom of his soul. 2018 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 24 Nov. (Spectrum section) 19 There has been some angst in the US about the decline in adult fiction sales. Compounds C1. With participles, forming compounds in which angst expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in angst-forming, angst-inducing, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave ii. 43 There need be nothing angst-forming about the sexual act. 1965 Guardian 1 Mar. 6/2 This is not a plea for ant-heap architecture, sometimes splendid to look at but an unhappy angst-creating background to human life which it out-scales. 2005 G. Bedell Handmade House (2006) 113 Suburbia is now recognized as sufficiently angst-inducing to be a perfectly respectable background for pop musicians. C2. a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘by angst; with angst’, as in angst-driven, angst-filled, angst-wrought, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1958 Observer 27 Apr. 15/3 Petrushka is a tied-up angst-wrought neurotic. 1970 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 61/3 Will Astrid Frank, our angst-filled lass, ever rid herself of the Lesbian clutches of Nicole Debonne? 1978 Washington Post 9 Nov. d24 Harry's updated and angst-driven observations do not diminish the exuberance she finds in rock 'n' roll expression. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 3 Apr. 131/1 Few contemporary operas..transcend reheated verismo or angst-fueled expressionism. b. angst-ridden adj. ΚΠ 1957 Times 13 Nov. 11/7 A sizable minority to-day are Angst-ridden. 1991 New Yorker 28 Oct. 4/3 Timothy Mann's angst-ridden new play about the grim life of an East Village couple. 2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) xii. 249 Almost every angst-ridden teenager could relate to their lyrics. C3. angst rock n. pop or rock music characterized by melancholic themes and lyrics dealing with frustration and despair. ΚΠ 1979 Washington Post 10 Oct. e4/2 The New Wave's Angst-Rock stars are latter-day incarnations of Sisyphus, rolling thematic stones of love up a hill. 1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash iii. 70 But in the post-punk era the city's musical output tended to be synonymous with the un-pop hue of grey:... The Fall's baleful intransigence, Joy Division's angst-rock, New Order's doubt-wracked disco. 2015 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 Oct. 124 Jagged Little Pill sold 33 million copies and made Alanis Morissette the queen of angst rock. Derivatives ˈangsty adj. afflicted with or full of angst. ΚΠ 1956 Oxf. Mag. 75 84/2 (heading) Angsty young men. 1980 Washington Post 22 Aug. c1/3 ‘What difference does it make whether something is good or bad?’ he asks with a sigh of angsty resignation. 2003 A. Greenwald Nothing feels Good ii. 31 The kids in high school liked moshing to the angsty sounds of grunge, but it didn't make them feel any better when they were home alone in their bedrooms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). angstv. Brit. /aŋ(k)st/, U.S. /æŋ(k)st/, /ɑŋ(k)st/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: angst n. Etymology: < angst n. intransitive. To agonize; to fret. Usually with about, over. Occasionally transitive. Chiefly in present participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > form judgement, decide [verb (intransitive)] > with difficulty agonize1973 angst1989 1989 [implied in: Washington Post 3 Mar. (Weekend section) 33/4 The perfect cast includes an angsting Allen..and the marvelous Mae Questel (the voice of the original Betty Boop and Olive Oyl) as Woody's Ur-Mama. (at angsting adj.)]. 1993 Santa Fe New Mexican 19 Feb. c1/1 Three roommates angsting their ways through their 20s. 1993 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 3 Nov. 4 a/6 Am I angsting too much? 1998 Independent on Sunday 4 Oct. (Culture section) 5/1 At first, she angsts and blubbers before giving the order to send her subjects into battle. 2014 V. Bergin Rain ii. 23 I..went back to the snack-making…so's I'd look like I was cool (and hadn't even thought about angsting about anything). 2018 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Mar. 32 I'd also stop angsting over the exodus. The flood of young urban creatives to regional towns can only be good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1902v.1989
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