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单词 angst-ridden
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Definition of angst-ridden in English:

angst-ridden

adjective
  • Filled with deep anxiety, especially about oneself or about the nature of existence.

    frustrated, angst-ridden teenagers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He can't be bothered with angst-ridden coming-of-age tales.
    • The kids shout out the surly, angst-ridden lyrics.
    • Cusack is playing a character we've all come to know and love, an angst-ridden guy who can't seem to figure out his life.
    • The good news is that fans of angst-ridden, dumb teenage rock will find plenty to jump about to; the bad news is, very few other listeners will.
    • Stef Salmon gives a well modulated performance as the angst-ridden main character.
    • The quartet sit at the table with its half drunk bottle of red wine and wander around the stage emoting theatrically as if they were at some particularly angst-ridden North London dinner party to which you wouldn't want an invitation.
    • From confused childhood and angst-ridden teen years to life in repressed rural Ireland during the 1970s, Joseph ploughs on, always looking in from the outside.
    • Unlike their angst-ridden counterparts, they just don't seem to take themselves seriously.
    • Popular and prize-winning, these angst-ridden accounts of the aspiring outsider seem to sweep the bestseller stakes.
    • There are a lot of loud guitars, screaming vocals and angst-ridden lyrics, but it all sounds very freeze-dried and lacking in genuine emotional involvement.
    • Maybe blogs could have saved him, like they've saved so many other angst-ridden people in their 20s and 30s.
    • Like an angst-ridden college kid on a first date, they often try a bit too hard to please and have limited funds with which to impress.
    • In 1979, I was a particularly angst-ridden teen.
    • Why did she feel the need to make yet another angst-ridden teen movie?
    • Aren't we all tired of images of angst-ridden, violent, attention-hungry teenagers?
    • It was his music that voiced a generation of angst-ridden kids.
    • The image of the poor, angst-ridden artist suffering to write dark and depressing songs is all too common on the musical landscape.
    • He is just as angst-ridden and distraught as he was when he first amazed the world.
    • Blogs were once the domain of angst-ridden teens and doomed presidential candidates.
    • In practice they were not a cohesive group, and their art became an angst-ridden type of Expressionism.
    Synonyms
    tormented, troubled, anguished, agonized, distressed, tortured, harrowed, racked with suffering, ground down, worn out, despairing
 
 

Definition of angst-ridden in US English:

angst-ridden

adjectiveˈäNG(k)stˌridnˈaNG(k)stˌridn
  • Filled with deep anxiety, especially about oneself or about the nature of existence.

    frustrated, angst-ridden teenagers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The good news is that fans of angst-ridden, dumb teenage rock will find plenty to jump about to; the bad news is, very few other listeners will.
    • Stef Salmon gives a well modulated performance as the angst-ridden main character.
    • Like an angst-ridden college kid on a first date, they often try a bit too hard to please and have limited funds with which to impress.
    • It was his music that voiced a generation of angst-ridden kids.
    • In practice they were not a cohesive group, and their art became an angst-ridden type of Expressionism.
    • Maybe blogs could have saved him, like they've saved so many other angst-ridden people in their 20s and 30s.
    • He can't be bothered with angst-ridden coming-of-age tales.
    • The quartet sit at the table with its half drunk bottle of red wine and wander around the stage emoting theatrically as if they were at some particularly angst-ridden North London dinner party to which you wouldn't want an invitation.
    • Cusack is playing a character we've all come to know and love, an angst-ridden guy who can't seem to figure out his life.
    • Blogs were once the domain of angst-ridden teens and doomed presidential candidates.
    • There are a lot of loud guitars, screaming vocals and angst-ridden lyrics, but it all sounds very freeze-dried and lacking in genuine emotional involvement.
    • Aren't we all tired of images of angst-ridden, violent, attention-hungry teenagers?
    • He is just as angst-ridden and distraught as he was when he first amazed the world.
    • Unlike their angst-ridden counterparts, they just don't seem to take themselves seriously.
    • The image of the poor, angst-ridden artist suffering to write dark and depressing songs is all too common on the musical landscape.
    • From confused childhood and angst-ridden teen years to life in repressed rural Ireland during the 1970s, Joseph ploughs on, always looking in from the outside.
    • Why did she feel the need to make yet another angst-ridden teen movie?
    • In 1979, I was a particularly angst-ridden teen.
    • The kids shout out the surly, angst-ridden lyrics.
    • Popular and prize-winning, these angst-ridden accounts of the aspiring outsider seem to sweep the bestseller stakes.
    Synonyms
    tormented, troubled, anguished, agonized, distressed, tortured, harrowed, racked with suffering, ground down, worn out, despairing
 
 
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