Angst.......?

Question

what exactly does angst mean? I dont really get it, dictionarys are too complex for me ^____^

Answer 1

'Oh, my dear xxpretty(etc.),

I'm really just too fed up, too unable and too unstable to even answer your question. It's all about me, anyway...so why should I bother? You'd probably only get mad. Please just go away.'

I think the above is an example of "angst."

PS. My dictionary simply lists "anxiety" as "angst," so that's pretty easy, if that's all there is to it. Which I somehow doubt!

Answer 2

An intense feeling of internal emotional pain & indecision.

You might have angst over which ice cream flavor to buy if you're also on a diet and shouldn't be eating ice cream anyway.

You might have angst about what to do with your life if you can't make a decision, and your future depends on it, and everyone you care about is waiting to see what you're going to do.

Angst would describe what some guilt-ridden person would feel upon finding themselves in love with two people at the same time.

In Woody Allen's movies, he frequently plays a character whose life is scarred by angst in every imaginable circumstance.

Answer 3

Angst is the German word for fear or anxiety. It is used in English to describe an intense feeling of emotional strife. In German, it is the fear of possible suffering and a behavior situated from uncertainty and strain which is caused by pain, loss, and death, and the term Angst distinguishes itself from the word Furcht (German for "fear") in that it is Furcht that usually refers to a material threat (arranged fear), while Angst on the other hand is usually a nondirectional emotion. It is usually, but not always, associated with teenage angst, or confusion and anxiety within the self.

Answer 4

Some times it helps to look up words that mean the same (synonyms) in a thesaurus.

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/angst

apprehension, botheration*, butterflies,cold sweat*, concern, creeps*, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer*, drag*, dread, fidgets*, flap*, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps*, heebie-jeebies*, jitters, jumps*, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biter, needles*, nervousness, panic, restlessness, shakes*, shivers*, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies*, worriment.

Definition - angst:
worry, a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

Answer 5

Sort of a combination of anxiety, indecision, and agonizing over a possible course of action.

Answer 6

Think "anguish," especially when it's in an unrequited-love sort of situation.

Answer 7

This should help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angst
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/angst

Answer 8

angst (ängkst)

NOUN:

A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression.

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ETYMOLOGY:
German, from Middle High German angest, from Old High German angust; see angh- in Indo-European roots