Definition of anguish Anguish

/æˈŋgwɪʃ/ - [anggwish] - an•guish

We found 12 definitions of anguish from 6 different sources.

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What does anguish mean?

WordNet

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Noun

Plural: anguishes

anguish - extreme mental distress
  torment, torture
  distress, suffering, hurt the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
anguish - extreme distress of body or mind
  distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

Verb

anguishes, anguishing, anguished  

anguish - suffer great pains or distress
  suffer feel pain or be in pain
anguish - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
  pain, hurt
  discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!"
  break someone's heart cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend"
  agonise, agonize suffer agony or anguish
  try melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
  excruciate, torture, torment, rack subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • anguish (n.)
    Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
  • anguish (v. t.)
    To distress with extreme pain or grief.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • anguish
    Extreme mental distress.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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.]

Part of speech

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  • anguish, verb, present, 1st person singular of anguish (infinitive).
  • anguish, verb (infinitive).
  • anguish, noun, singular of anguishes.

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