angsty

/ ˈæŋstɪ /

adjective

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

   two angsty teenagers

Example Sentences

Ms. Danes has always been a marvelous actress; there are moments in “The Beast in Me” in which she reminds us of Beth March getting a piano for Christmas in “Little Women,” or her more angsty moments of national insecurity in “Homeland.”

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Mr. Cooper, a not-great filmmaker who specializes in strained would-be prestige pictures that don’t quite come off—“Out of the Furnace,” “Hostiles,” “The Pale Blue Eye”—trots out such corny devices as having Springsteen spot his younger self in a crowd so Mr. White can dial up Angsty Gaze No. 391.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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