angsty

English

Etymology

From angst +‎ -y.

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Adjective

angsty (comparative angstier, superlative angstiest)

  1. Fraught with angst.
    • 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:
      Jackson said industrial relations felt "angsty" at a national level.
    1. (loosely, especially of a teenager) Insecure and moody or thorny.

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