Kim Brooks

As an angsty teenager and college student, I used to mock people who lived in gated communities, who were so afraid of the unfamiliar world they had to erect a physical boundary to keep it at bay. But now I wonder, aren't the boundaries we draw with Facebook just as secure as a man-made moat or an underpaid security guard manning a booth?

American Writer

Joshua Malina

I always wanted to be an actor. It sort of prevented that whole - I never had any of that kind of angsty period old and doing musicals at camp and community theater and plays at school; it was just always what I most enjoyed and always what I intended to pursue.

American Actor

Perfume Genius

My mom is always asking why can't I make something nice? Because I'll make paintings, say, and they're just really bloody and angsty. So I wrote 'Dark Parts' because I wanted to write something nice for her.

American Musician

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Now when I was a teenager, I was angsty as any teenager was, but after 17 years of having a mother who was in and out of my life like a yo-yo and a father who was faceless, I was angry.

American Author

Jamie Campbell Bower

I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy into that. I write pretty much all the time.

English Actor

Kieran Bew

You've got something really angsty for me to play? Bring it on. Most of the time, I'm goofing around and doing impressions of people, so that's nice.

Adrian Tomine

My 20s were peaceful, privileged, but still I felt the desire to write angsty dramas.

American Cartoonist

Nicholas Galitzine

I definitely was one angsty teen and I definitely went through the emo phase.

Ashley Tisdale

I'm a strong person. I'm also very sassy and a little bit angsty sometimes.

American Actress

Jim Broadbent

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

Used to describe strong feelings that may seem exaggerated or excessively intense.

Emotional Intensity

'Angsty' is casual and not used in formal writing or speech.

Informal Tone

Often associated with teenagers and their intense emotions or dramatic situations.

Youth Associations

Implies an atmosphere of heightened emotional experiences, often in stories or media.

Emotional Drama

Can refer to a style in art or music expressing emotional tension, like emo or punk genres.

Cultural Expression

It's a modern term that may not be understood in historical or classic literature.

Contemporary Usage

 different way oh my god yeah I mean my life is now an endless stream of people coming up to me in the street and crying some of them saying I you know and all sorts of people which is the interest I mean my music connects with a lot of generally younger people and angsty people and

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 their own I don't know if maybe the rest of the family is off and he's being a little bit cheeky ferreting around the bin you know as youngsters we'll do stay home mums hid her right exactly the angsty teenage fed the rebellious stage where no one knows better than I do

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 And I didn't understand. He said, "You have a great style. Celebrate your own style. Don't draw the way you're being told to draw. Draw the way you're drawing and keep at it, because you're really good." Now when I was a teenager, I was angsty as any teenager was,