Definitions for angst

angst angst

Spelling: [ahngkst, angst]
IPA: /ɑŋkst, æŋst/

Angst is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in angst (agnst).

Definitions for angst

noun

  1. a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

Origin of angst

1840-50; German Angst fear, anxiety, Old High German angust (cognate with Middle Low German angest, Middle Dutch anxt), equivalent to ang- (akin to eng narrow, constricted) + -st abstract nom

Examples for angst

In June, he called an Italian high-school student who wrote to him in angst about finding a job after she graduated.

To be fair, the angst around the prisoner release isn't just rightist propaganda—it's also actually frustrating to many.

She felt claustrophobic, entrapped like an exotic bird, but despite her angst she lacked the courage to leave.

Heightening his angst, Warren pines for precocious Jessica (Gevinson).

And there must also be angst in Washington, which has, since 2003, relied on the Chinese to rein in their troublesome ally for us.

Even before that ode to Jewish angst and masturbation hit the bookstores in 1969, Roth was a Yaddo veteran.

Did you have angst last Sunday night deciding whether to watch the Emmys, Breaking Bad, or the Dexter series finale?

And I admit I look back on my teenage self and think a lot of my angst sounds like an Onion article.

Who knew that angst had so many faces, or that thick paint had so much to say?

The sense of angst was palpable among the White House press corps.

Word Value for angst
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

Similar words for angst
Word of the day