Definitions for anguish
ˈæŋ gwɪʃan·guish

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. anguish, torment, torture(noun)

   extreme mental distress

2. anguish(verb)

   extreme distress of body or mind

3. anguish(verb)

   suffer great pains or distress

4. pain, anguish, hurt(verb)

   cause emotional anguish or make miserable

   "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. anguish(Noun)

   Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

2. anguish(Verb)

   To suffer pain.

3. anguish(Verb)

   To cause to suffer pain.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Anguish(noun)

   extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress

2. Anguish(verb)

   to distress with extreme pain or grief

Origin: [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.]

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1. Anguish

   Anguish is a term used in philosophy, often as a translation from the Latin for angst. It is a paramount feature of existentialist philosophy, in which anguish is often understood as the experience of an utterly free being in a world with zero absolutes. In the theology of Kierkegaard, it refers to a being with total free will who is in a constant state of spiritual fear that his freedom will lead him to fall short of the standards that God has laid out for him. In the teachings of Sartre, anguish is seen when an utterly captured being realizes the unpredictability of his or her action. For an example, when walking along a cliff, you would feel anguish to know that you have the freedom to throw yourself down to your imminent death.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Anguish

   ang′gwish, n. excessive pain of body or mind: agony.—n. Ang′uishment. [O. Fr. angoisse—L. angustia, a strait, straitness—ang-u-ĕre, to press tightly: to strangle. See Anger.]

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1. anguish

   anguish: deep and enduring physical, mental or spiritual distress, not readily eased.

   Physical: feelings and thoughts during and following military combat; feelings and thoughts following loss of one's own limb or limbs (These can also be mental anguish.) Mental: feelings and thoughts after the loss of a child either due to illness, accident or spontaneous abortion. Spiritual: One struggling with the question of God's existence; one struggling with the guilt of causing someone pain.

   Submitted by anonymous on March 4, 2019  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of anguish in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of anguish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of anguish in a Sentence

1. Carlos Brito:

   It was real anguish.

2. Eugene Ionesco:

   Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.

3. J. K. Rowling:

   We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on.

4. Jasna Elezovic:

   It feels like it all happened yesterday... the anguish remains the same.

5. Christine Blasey Ford:

   Now I feel like my civic responsibility is outweighing my anguish and terror about retaliation.

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