noun.
A feeling of acute but vagueanxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
noun.
More commonly, painfulsadness or emotionalturmoil, as teen angst.
verb.
To suffer angst; to fret.
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noun.
an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom
Word Usage
"I'm pretty sure that very few people under the age of thirty-five remember what the word angst actually means, or know that "angsting" isn't a word, or that feeling and expressing angst is not a sign of weakness or something to be loathed and mocked."