angsty

Fraught with angst.

Adjective

  1. Fraught with angst.
    • Jackson said industrial relations felt "angsty" at a national level. - 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:

    1. (loosely, especially of a teenager) Insecure and moody or thorny.

Origin

Etymology tree English angst Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English angsty From angst + -y.

Forms

angstier angstiest

Derived

angstiness