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angst-ridden

angst-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by angst.

Adjective

angst-ridden (comparative more angst-ridden, superlative most angst-ridden)

  1. Dominated or plagued by angst.
    • Teenage angst-ridden poetry may not be to the liking of all readers.
    • But it wasn't not knowing what to call Will that was bothering Juliet. After all, it was a problem faced by a lot of women who'd moved on from angst-ridden Bridget Jones singledom into angst-ridden coupledom.2011, Alexandra Potter, Calling Romeo, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Forms of angst-ridden

comparativemore angst-ridden
superlativemost angst-ridden

Origin of angst-ridden

From angst + -ridden.

Questions about angst-ridden

What does angst-ridden mean?
Angst-ridden means dominated or plagued by angst.
What part of speech is angst-ridden?
Angst-ridden is an adjective.

Words near angst-ridden in the dictionary

  1. angsana
  2. angsanas
  3. angst
  4. angst bunnies
  5. angst bunny
  6. angst-ridden
  7. Angstadt
  8. Angstadts
  9. angstbunnies
  10. angstbunny
  11. angsted

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