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angsty

/ ˈæŋstɪ /

adjective

  1. informal,  displaying or feeling angst, esp in a self-conscious manner

    two angsty teenagers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He’d done something reckless to a cultural landmark, but as an angsty teenager who loved rock and longed to rebel, it didn’t make much of dent on my impression of him or his music.

Angela Bassett, “9-1-1” “‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 shifts its focus to Ellie, and Bella Ramsey has shined as they shift from angsty young adult to goofball with a crush to grief-stricken warrior driven by revenge.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve spent many hours playing as Ellie in “The Last of Us” games, or because I understand what it’s like to be an angsty teenager much more than being a parent, but I thought Episode 6 did help shed some light on Ellie and Joel’s behaviors and dynamic.

In Columbus, instead of “Skeleton Tree” being the last song in the first encore, we were gifted a slightly rough but rare and amazing performance of “Shivers,” a beautifully angsty ballad from Cave’s first band, The Boys Next Door, written by his former bandmate, the late Rowland S. Howard.

From Salon

It’s an angsty, maximalist take on heavy-handed shoegaze, similar to that of My Bloody Valentine.

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