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1. (n.) anguish
acute suffering or pain:
the anguish of grief.
2. (v.t.) anguish
to inflict with suffering or pain.
3. (v.i.) anguish
to suffer or feel anguish.
Etymology: (1175–1225; < OF < L angustia tight place =angust(us) narrow +-ia -ia ; akin to anger)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) anguish, torment, torture
extreme mental distress
2. (verb) anguish
extreme distress of body or mind
3. (verb) anguish
suffer great pains or distress
4. (verb) pain, anguish, hurt
cause emotional anguish or make miserable
"It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
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1. (noun) anguish
extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress
2. (verb) anguish
to distress with extreme pain or grief
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Sense: very great pain of body or mind; agony
The woman suffered terrible anguish when her child died.
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 Afrikaans: smart, angs |
 Arabic: ألَم شِديد |
 Bulgarian: силна болка |
 Brazilian: angústia |
 Czech: muka, bolest,úzkost |
 German: die Qual |
 Danish: kval; pine; smerte |
 Greek: οδύνη |
 Spanish: angustia |
 Estonian: piin |
 Farsi: رنج و اندوه شدید |
 Finnish: tuska |
 French: angoisse |
 Hebrew: יִסוּרִים @@@יִיסוּרִים$$ |
 Hindi: वेदना |
 Croatian: agonija |
 Hungarian: kín |
 Indonesian: kesedihan |
 Icelandic: kvöl; angist |
 Italian: angoscia |
 Japanese: 激しい苦痛 |
 Korean: 고통 |
 Lithuanian: skausmas, kančia |
 Latvian: ciešanas; mokas |
 Malay: kedukaan |
 Dutch: leed |
 Norwegian: kval, pine, angst |
 Polish: udręka, boleść |
 Persian: رنج و اندوه شدید |
 Pashto: شدید رنځ او غم |
 Portuguese: angústia |
 Romanian: chin |
 Russian: мучение |
 Slovak: muky |
 Slovenian: tesnoba |
 Serbian: patnja |
 Swedish: pina, kval,ångest |
 Thai: ความรวดร้าว |
 Turkish: şiddetli ıstırap, acı, ke |
 Taiwanese: 極大痛苦 |
 Ukrainian: мука, біль |
 Urdu: شدید درد ، عذاب، نہایت دک |
 Vietnamese: nỗi đau đớn |
 Chinese: 极度痛苦 |
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