angst

[angst]

An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

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Noun
an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom


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Usage Examples

What if you threw a protest and no one showed up? The lack of angst and anger and emotion is a big positive.

I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it.

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

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Other Usage Examples

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

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