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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024an•guish /ˈæŋgwɪʃ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- great suffering or pain:the anguish of grief.
an•guished, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024an•guish (ang′gwish),USA pronunciation n. - excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain:the anguish of grief.
v.t. - to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain.
v.i. - to suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish:to anguish over the loss of a loved one.
- Latin angustia tight place, equivalent. to angust(us) narrow + -ia -ia; compare anxious; akin to anger
- Old French
- Middle English anguisse 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged agony, torment, torture. See pain.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delight, comfort, relief.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: anguish /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/ n - extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony
vb - to afflict or be afflicted with anguish
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French angoisse a strangling, from Latin angustia narrowness, from angustus narrow |