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anguish
CEFRC1
/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Severe mental or physical pain.
- 02
verb
To cause someone severe mental or physical pain.
Examples
He is in anguish over her child.
She felt intense anguish after hearing the tragic news about her friend.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsTo cause to suffer pain.
To suffer pain.
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
More examples
In contextThe newspaper told of the mother's anguish at the death of her son.
It took years to overcome the anguish from my wife's death.
So, ye miserable people; you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English angwissh, anguishe, angoise, from Anglo-Norman anguise, anguisse, from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, scarcity, difficulty, distress”), from angustus (“narrow, difficult”), from angere (“to press together, cause pain, distress”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger.