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angstful

angstful adjective: full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.

Adjective

angstful (comparative more angstful, superlative most angstful)

  1. Full of angst; fearful; apprehensive
    • It's a lot harder to write music and to get more melodic and try to actually have songs within those heavy, droning, angstful power chords.2000, Colin Devenish, Limp Bizkit
    • In our current, rather foreshortened view, fuelled by a powerful and angstful modern environmentalism, the destructive capacities of modern western society have come in for particular scrutiny.2002, William Beinart, Peter Coates, Environment and History
    Synonyms:
    anxious

Synonyms of angstful

Antonyms

Forms of angstful

comparativemore angstful
superlativemost angstful

Origin of angstful

From angst + -ful. Compare German angstvoll.

Questions about angstful

What does angstful mean?
Angstful means full of angst; fearful; apprehensive.
What part of speech is angstful?
Angstful is an adjective.

Words near angstful in the dictionary

  1. angsted
  2. angster
  3. angsters
  4. angstfic
  5. angstfics
  6. angstful
  7. angstier
  8. angstiest
  9. angstiness
  10. angsting
  11. angstless

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