angoissant
French, adjective/ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɑ̃/
angoissant is spelled A-N-G-O-I-S-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angoissant is a French adjective meaning “scary, nerve-racking, creepy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of angoisser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause de l’angoisse”.
What does angoissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scary, nerve-racking, creepy
verb
- 1
present participle of angoisser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause de l’angoisse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of angoissant
- angoissante feminine
- angoissants masculine plural
- angoissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce angoissant?
- /ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ɡwa.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to angoissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is angoissant in French?
angoissant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).