Meaning of ANGUISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'anggwish
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- [n] extreme mental distress
- [n] extreme distress of body or mind
- [v] cause anguish or make miserable
- [v] suffer great pains or distress
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| | Synonyms: | | hurt, pain, torment, torture |
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| | See Also: | | agonise, agonize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, distress, distress, excruciate, hurt, rack, suffer, suffering, torment, torture, try, untune, upset | |
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\An"guish\, n. [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F.
angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress,
fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together.
See {Anger}.]
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of
spirit, and for cruel bondage. --Ex. vi. 9.
Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child.
--Jer. iv. 31.
Note: Rarely used in the plural:
Ye miserable people, you must go to God in
anguishes, and make your prayer to him.
--Latimer.
Syn: Agony; pang; torture; torment. See {Agony}.
\An"guish\, v. t. [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.]
To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] --Temple.
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