anguish

Definition of anguish in English English dictionary: Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress
A terrible scream—a prolonged yell of horror and anguish—burst out of the silence of the moor. That frightful cry turned the blood to ice in my veins.; To cause to suffer pain; To suffer pain
We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.; {n} excessive pain, pain, very great grief; cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"; extreme mental distress; suffer great pains or distress; extreme distress of body or mind; extreme mental distress extreme distress of body or mind suffer great pains or distress; {i} agony, torment; anxiety, fear; Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain. Mark looked at him in anguish. mental or physical suffering caused by extreme pain or worry (angoisse, from angustiae , from angustus ); To distress with extreme pain or grief; {f} suffer; be tormented
anguished: Simple past tense and past participle of anguish
pear of anguish: choke pear
pears of anguish: plural form of pear of anguish
anguished: {s} suffering; tormented, agonizing
anguished: Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain. She let out an anguished cry
anguished: Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent
anguished: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation
mental anguish: sustained dull painful emotion
mental anguish: {i} dull painful emotion that is maintained for a period of time without interruption; (Law) mental suffering (including anxiety, sudden fear, feelings of distress, depression, sadness, grief, psychosomatic physical symptoms)

anguish

Hyphenation

an·guish

Turkish pronunciation

änggwîş

Synonyms

agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment, affliction, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hurting, misery

Antonyms

comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, joyfulness, solace

Pronunciation

/ˈaɴɢgwəsʜ/ /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

Etymology

() From Old English anguishe, anguise, angoise, French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, difficulty, distress”) from angustus (“narrow, difficult”) from angere (“to press together”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger.