Definitions for anguish
ˈæŋ gwɪʃan·guish

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

1. anguish, torment, torturenoun

   extreme mental distress

2. anguishverb

   extreme distress of body or mind

3. anguishverb

   suffer great pains or distress

4. pain, anguish, hurtverb

   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. anguishnoun

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

2. anguishverb

   To suffer pain.

3. anguishverb

   To cause to suffer pain.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Anguishnoun

   Excessive pain either of mind or body; applied to the mind, it means the pain of sorrow, and is seldom used to signify other passions.

   Etymology: angoisse, Fr. angor, Lat.

   Not all so cheerful seemed she of sight,
   As was her sister; whether dread did dwell,
   Or anguish in her heart, is hard to tell. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   Virtue’s but anguish, when ’tis several,
   By occasion wak’d, and circumstantial;
   True virtue’s soul, always in all deeds all. John Donne.

   They had persecutors, whose invention was as great as their cruelty. Wit and malice conspired to find out such deaths, and those of such incredible anguish, that only the manner of dying was the punishment, death itself the deliverance. South.

   Perpetual anguish fills his anxious breast,
   Not stopt by business, nor compos’d by rest;
   No musick cheers him, nor no feast can please. John Dryden, Juv.

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

1. Anguishnoun

   extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress

2. Anguishverb

   to distress with extreme pain or grief

3. Etymology: [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.]

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo):

   Many have cried a thousand nights of bitter anguish without tears. And the tormented betrayal soars at twilight.

2. Richard Bienvenue:

   The kids in my classes were from some pretty horrendous situations: dysfunction at homes, foster care, and abuse, the tears you would see, the anguish they would go through, I saw a real need.

3. Elizabeth Geddes:

   On the video you saw the defendant spank( her) four times, and you saw the absolute anguish on( her) face as he spanked her.

4. Georges Bataille:

   The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives.

5. Donald Trump:

   It was the beginning of a barbaric trade of human lives, today in honor, we remember every sacred soul who suffered the horrors of slavery and the anguish of bondage.

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