From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishangstangst /æŋst/ noun [uncountable] WORRIEDstrong feelings of anxiety and unhappiness because you are worried about your life, your future, or what you should do in a particular situation love letters full of angst
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angst• angst-filled poems• And she nails the adolescent angst of budding love in all its raging hormonal hoo-ha.• Buchanan has tapped into the wellspring of middle-class angst.• Wallowing in angst about the unfairness of it all will just make the problem worse.• a period of national angst• She couldn't even feel resentful that he slept so peacefully after she had suffered a sleepless night of angst.• This, of course, is another source of angst.• a touching story of teenage angst• The angst vanishes from his face and voice.Origin angst (1900-2000) German 