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anguish
[ ang-gwish ]
noun
- excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain:
the anguish of grief.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: , ,
verb (used with object)
- to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain.
verb (used without object)
- to suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish:
to anguish over the loss of a loved one.
anguish
/ ˈæŋɡɪʃ /
noun
- extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony
verb
- to afflict or be afflicted with anguish
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of anguish1
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Example Sentences
“I made you special!” he screams at Brontë, his inner anguish made manifest before he hunts her down like an animal in the woods.
An all-party meeting in Jammu and Kashmir expressed deep shock and anguish at what it called a "barbaric attack".
added to Ms Deane's anguish was that she says she had to fight with Meta to get her account back, which took four months.
Last spring, Habermehl suffered a noncontact injury minutes before practice ended — a moment those in attendance described as filled with screams of anguish.
"Seamus was particularly close to his mother and the toll those years of anguish, waiting and not knowing where her son had been put in the ground cannot be overestimated," she said.
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