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单词 angst
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Definition of angst in English:

angst

nounaŋstɑŋ(k)st
mass noun
  • 1A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.

    the existential angst of the middle classes
    rock and pop have a tradition of celebrating adolescent angst
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What makes these songs so potent is the unmistakable angst festering beneath each one.
    • The twin evils of terrorism and teenage angst drove her to bulimia, a condition she tackled only a year back.
    • Each of us have tremendous angst and shame and heartache about our eating disorders on the show.
    • The summer that is now nearly officially behind us has been all about a kind of existential angst for me.
    • The sense of angst and melancholy conveyed by Lumley, with the aid of director Hugo Blick, is strangely appealing.
    • Still, few could have predicted he'd fall this deep into a pit of lyrical self-pity and teen angst.
    • Teenage clubs would be formed in schools to tackle teenage angst and improve leadership qualities.
    • It involves a lack of motivation, a destruction of self belief, a general feeling of angst.
    • If there is angst, it is a human condition rather than a disorder specific to the urban, displaced elite.
    • The audience is propelled into the existential angst of everyday living.
    • On the creative front: I'm asking myself about how and why one can derive creativity from angst or annoyance.
    • It is a sign of the times, of our tumultuous, dizzying culture of metaphysical angst.
    • Everything bounces along with a youthful joy, devoid of cynical teenage angst, full of hope and dare we say it slightly soppy.
    • It didn't seem so, and the approach of my 40th birthday induced a bout of full - blown midlife angst.
    • Through an occasional nocturnal trip to the gym, Matt Murdock finds a way to relieve some of his adolescent angst.
    • I think there is a human dilemma, human pain and angst, and that it is very universal.
    • At the root of the crisis is a deep angst over the dire state of domestic and European economic affairs.
    • Racism first manifests itself among the group as a form of verbal violence, an expression of general angst.
    • Many of the works that appear in the show depict the angst of the present generation.
    • Is it just a deeper than normal journey into adolescent angst or a modern fairy tale?
    Synonyms
    anxiety, fear, dread, apprehension, worry, perturbation, foreboding, trepidation, malaise, distress, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness
    rare inquietude
    1. 1.1informal A feeling of persistent worry about something trivial.
      my hair causes me angst
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When I was a child I used to cause my mother major fits of angst while trying to keep me still in church.
      • Judging from the press releases that clog my e-mail, there seems to be an upsurge in financial angst among twenty-somethings.
      • We wouldn't have minded, but she put all our cutlery and crockery away in the wrong places, causing much angst upon our return.
      • Often, their answers only lead to more questions, hence my interpretational angst.
      • Finally, however, after much worry and angst, it was the night of the Debutante Ball.
      • Mortgage angst hits commodities

Derivatives

  • angsty

  • adjective
    • He spent his teenage years in Lafayette, Indiana, an angsty reprobate and hardened juvenile delinquent.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One was an angsty accountant from Stanmore who couldn't stop talking about his therapist.
      • Why do we mistake him for a hero, rather than seeing him as a revisionist, angsty, egotistical, misanthrope?
      • Clearly, not being an angsty teen, this doesn't really apply to me, but it does make me ask myself what the point of this blog business is.
      • Looking back, he says this was simply angsty teenage rebellion.

Origin

1920s: from German, 'fear'.

 
 

Definition of angst in US English:

angst

nounɑŋ(k)stäNG(k)st
  • 1A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.

    adolescent angst
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It involves a lack of motivation, a destruction of self belief, a general feeling of angst.
    • What makes these songs so potent is the unmistakable angst festering beneath each one.
    • On the creative front: I'm asking myself about how and why one can derive creativity from angst or annoyance.
    • The audience is propelled into the existential angst of everyday living.
    • It didn't seem so, and the approach of my 40th birthday induced a bout of full - blown midlife angst.
    • I think there is a human dilemma, human pain and angst, and that it is very universal.
    • At the root of the crisis is a deep angst over the dire state of domestic and European economic affairs.
    • Everything bounces along with a youthful joy, devoid of cynical teenage angst, full of hope and dare we say it slightly soppy.
    • The summer that is now nearly officially behind us has been all about a kind of existential angst for me.
    • Many of the works that appear in the show depict the angst of the present generation.
    • Teenage clubs would be formed in schools to tackle teenage angst and improve leadership qualities.
    • The sense of angst and melancholy conveyed by Lumley, with the aid of director Hugo Blick, is strangely appealing.
    • Still, few could have predicted he'd fall this deep into a pit of lyrical self-pity and teen angst.
    • Through an occasional nocturnal trip to the gym, Matt Murdock finds a way to relieve some of his adolescent angst.
    • Each of us have tremendous angst and shame and heartache about our eating disorders on the show.
    • Racism first manifests itself among the group as a form of verbal violence, an expression of general angst.
    • The twin evils of terrorism and teenage angst drove her to bulimia, a condition she tackled only a year back.
    • Is it just a deeper than normal journey into adolescent angst or a modern fairy tale?
    • If there is angst, it is a human condition rather than a disorder specific to the urban, displaced elite.
    • It is a sign of the times, of our tumultuous, dizzying culture of metaphysical angst.
    Synonyms
    anxiety, fear, dread, apprehension, worry, perturbation, foreboding, trepidation, malaise, distress, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness
    1. 1.1informal A feeling of persistent worry about something trivial.
      my hair causes me angst
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Finally, however, after much worry and angst, it was the night of the Debutante Ball.
      • Mortgage angst hits commodities
      • Often, their answers only lead to more questions, hence my interpretational angst.
      • We wouldn't have minded, but she put all our cutlery and crockery away in the wrong places, causing much angst upon our return.
      • Judging from the press releases that clog my e-mail, there seems to be an upsurge in financial angst among twenty-somethings.
      • When I was a child I used to cause my mother major fits of angst while trying to keep me still in church.

Origin

1920s: from German, ‘fear’.

 
 
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