Angst
noun
A feeling of deep worry or fear for no obvious reason.
The thought of delivering the presentation gave him a sense of angst
Often appears as...
- sense of angst
- inner angst
noun
A feeling of persistent worry about something trivial.
She has so much teenage angst about her appearance
Often appears as...
- teenage angst
- unnecessary angst
noun
A feeling of dissatisfaction, apprehension and depression.
His angst over the futility of life made him brooding
Often appears as...
- deep angst
- crippling angst
noun
Strong anxiety and deep dread experienced due to existential aspects of life such as death, freedom, and meaninglessness.
Existential angst is commonly associated with the works of Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche
Often appears as...
- existential angst
- philosophical angst
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A feeling of deep worry or fear for no obvious reason.
The thought of delivering the presentation gave him a sense of angst
Often appears as...
- sense of angst
- inner angst
noun
A feeling of persistent worry about something trivial.
She has so much teenage angst about her appearance
Often appears as...
- teenage angst
- unnecessary angst
noun
A feeling of dissatisfaction, apprehension and depression.
His angst over the futility of life made him brooding
Often appears as...
- deep angst
- crippling angst
noun
Strong anxiety and deep dread experienced due to existential aspects of life such as death, freedom, and meaninglessness.
Existential angst is commonly associated with the works of Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche
Often appears as...
- existential angst
- philosophical angst
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Unexplained Worry
Use 'angst' when expressing a feeling of fear or anxiety without a clear cause.
She felt an inexplicable angst the night before the results were announced.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Emotion
'Angst' indicates a profound level of worry, more intense than everyday concerns.
He experienced a deep angst as he thought about the uncertain future.
Pro Tip 3/3Inner Struggle
Reflects a personal battle with one's worries, uncertainties, or fears.
Her inner angst was invisible to others, but it was overwhelming to her.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexplained Worry
Use 'angst' when expressing a feeling of fear or anxiety without a clear cause.
She felt an inexplicable angst the night before the results were announced.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Emotion
'Angst' indicates a profound level of worry, more intense than everyday concerns.
He experienced a deep angst as he thought about the uncertain future.
Pro Tip 3/3Inner Struggle
Reflects a personal battle with one's worries, uncertainties, or fears.
Her inner angst was invisible to others, but it was overwhelming to her.
Pro Tip 1/3Unexplained Worry
Use 'angst' when expressing a feeling of fear or anxiety without a clear cause.
She felt an inexplicable angst the night before the results were announced.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Emotion
'Angst' indicates a profound level of worry, more intense than everyday concerns.
He experienced a deep angst as he thought about the uncertain future.
Pro Tip 3/3Inner Struggle
Reflects a personal battle with one's worries, uncertainties, or fears.
Her inner angst was invisible to others, but it was overwhelming to her.
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Why giving away our...
these inequities, to me that was exciting. Yes, the foundation employees had angst about that. That's cool. But that went away within three months, once he was there. Including some of the employees. That's what I said, the employees, it went away for them three months after you were there.
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Jason Silva on...
know the brains tendency to see things that aren't there because it really wants to believe that they are so of course they visit so this is the space the landscape in which superstition lives as science demystifies the universe there is an existential angst
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Photographing the Beauty...
conflict zones all over the world, because I wanted to make a difference. And I think we're automatically taught to believe that those powerful stories are the ones that are driven in angst and death and suffering. And I don't ever want to
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Jamie C. Beard: The...
is actually a substance that's the center of our climate angst right now. It's around us in excess in abundance. It's CO2. Super cool. So then there's hybrids, not the cars, geothermal hybrids. You take the best of both worlds, right?
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India's invisible...
considerable angst amongst the Western populations in fact if you look at polls they show a declining trend for support for free trade in the West now the Western elites however have said this fear is misplaced for example if you
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and physical abnormalities and death. And the idea that we're just animals can be really unsettling, because it can be this reminder of our own mortality. And that can leave many of us with this deep existential angst.
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Diana Nyad: Extreme...
And I started grappling with this existential angst of what little I had done with my life. It wasn't the resume of breaking this record here, it was more like, who had I become? How had I spent my valuable time?
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An Argument Against...
okay fine but all of a sudden this hard earn demonic now has to be adjusted and modified otherwise you will have existential angst so I have I have never valued the memorization of things as an educator
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How to disrupt...
but I shut my computer and sobs in that moment I was transported back to that small classroom on that palatial campus all the angst and uncertainty I have felt those many years ago came flooding
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I'm afraid is going to fly off let's just look into these thickets and see if we can't spot what is causing the angst amongst know Wendy amongst the birds
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Why giving away our...
these inequities, to me that was exciting. Yes, the foundation employees had angst about that. That's cool. But that went away within three months, once he was there. Including some of the employees. That's what I said, the employees, it went away for them three months after you were there.
Video examples
Jason Silva on...
know the brains tendency to see things that aren't there because it really wants to believe that they are so of course they visit so this is the space the landscape in which superstition lives as science demystifies the universe there is an existential angst
Video examples
Photographing the Beauty...
conflict zones all over the world, because I wanted to make a difference. And I think we're automatically taught to believe that those powerful stories are the ones that are driven in angst and death and suffering. And I don't ever want to
Video examples
Jamie C. Beard: The...
is actually a substance that's the center of our climate angst right now. It's around us in excess in abundance. It's CO2. Super cool. So then there's hybrids, not the cars, geothermal hybrids. You take the best of both worlds, right?
Video examples
India's invisible...
considerable angst amongst the Western populations in fact if you look at polls they show a declining trend for support for free trade in the West now the Western elites however have said this fear is misplaced for example if you
Video examples
Why you should love...
and physical abnormalities and death. And the idea that we're just animals can be really unsettling, because it can be this reminder of our own mortality. And that can leave many of us with this deep existential angst.
Video examples
Diana Nyad: Extreme...
And I started grappling with this existential angst of what little I had done with my life. It wasn't the resume of breaking this record here, it was more like, who had I become? How had I spent my valuable time?
Video examples
An Argument Against...
okay fine but all of a sudden this hard earn demonic now has to be adjusted and modified otherwise you will have existential angst so I have I have never valued the memorization of things as an educator
Video examples
How to disrupt...
but I shut my computer and sobs in that moment I was transported back to that small classroom on that palatial campus all the angst and uncertainty I have felt those many years ago came flooding
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
I'm afraid is going to fly off let's just look into these thickets and see if we can't spot what is causing the angst amongst know Wendy amongst the birds
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Tavi Gevinson
American Writer
I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
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Mark Billingham
English Novelist
My dad was a terrible father. Dreadful. But he had a very difficult childhood. He was fostered - he never knew who his father was. So he had a very different attitude to family and kids. I don't have any issues. I'm not suffering some secret angst.
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S. J. Rozan
American Writer
What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does.
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Ray Romano
American Actor
I realized I need to work. I need to be creative. As much as I have angst and anxiety, when I'm idle, it's even more. I have to keep moving. Otherwise, I catch up with myself.
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Magda Apanowicz
Canadian Actress
I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
I am not defined by somebody's comments or an article or somebody's angst about me or their anxiety about me or what is being said about me on social media.
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Virgil Abloh
American Designer
My motivation is, in part, a bit of angst that comes from feeling like I don't belong, that our generation doesn't belong.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog.
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Roland Orzabal
English Musician
A song about post-teenage angst like 'Mad World' seems to be permanently relevant.
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Sebastian Kurz
Austrian Politician
Our companies are active worldwide. I don't detect globalisation angst among them.
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Tavi Gevinson
American Writer
I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
Quote examples
Mark Billingham
English Novelist
My dad was a terrible father. Dreadful. But he had a very difficult childhood. He was fostered - he never knew who his father was. So he had a very different attitude to family and kids. I don't have any issues. I'm not suffering some secret angst.
Quote examples
S. J. Rozan
American Writer
What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does.
Quote examples
Ray Romano
American Actor
I realized I need to work. I need to be creative. As much as I have angst and anxiety, when I'm idle, it's even more. I have to keep moving. Otherwise, I catch up with myself.
Quote examples
Magda Apanowicz
Canadian Actress
I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.
Quote examples
Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
I am not defined by somebody's comments or an article or somebody's angst about me or their anxiety about me or what is being said about me on social media.
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Virgil Abloh
American Designer
My motivation is, in part, a bit of angst that comes from feeling like I don't belong, that our generation doesn't belong.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
I've been in that angst of loneliness, where you're really alone in the universe, except for the dog.
Quote examples
Roland Orzabal
English Musician
A song about post-teenage angst like 'Mad World' seems to be permanently relevant.
Quote examples
Sebastian Kurz
Austrian Politician
Our companies are active worldwide. I don't detect globalisation angst among them.
Example 1 of 10
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