"angsty" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-angsty.wav Forms: angstier [comparative], angstiest [superlative]
Etymology: From angst + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|angst|y|id2=adjectival}} angst + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} angsty (comparative angstier, superlative angstiest)
  1. Fraught with angst.
    Sense id: en-angsty-en-adj-fSDFf0fL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Emotions: 50 50
  2. Fraught with angst.
    (loosely, especially of a teenager) Insecure and moody or thorny.
    Tags: broadly, especially
    Sense id: en-angsty-en-adj-54hdNhWQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Emotions: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: angstiness

Inflected forms

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