Meaning & use
angsty
Full of intense anxiety, worry, or emotional turmoil, especially the brooding kind associated with adolescence.
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His angsty diary entries from high school now make him laugh at himself.
The band's early albums were full of angsty lyrics about heartbreak and alienation.
A note on using this word
Angsty is informal and often used, sometimes teasingly, to describe teenage or overly dramatic emotional distress.
Words with a similar meaning
anxiousbrooding
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