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anguish en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ without æ-raising
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ æ-raising

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; an emotional state caused by intense misery or suffering.
    • There, loathing Life, and yet of Death afraid, In Anguish of her Spirit, thus she pray'd. 1700, [John] Dryden, “Cinyras and Myrrha, out of the Tenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphosis”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • She took his trembling hand, and kissed it, and put it round her neck: she called him her John—her dear John—her old man—her kind old man; she poured out a hundred words of incoherent love and tenderness; her faithful voice and simple caresses wrought this sad heart up to an inexpressible delight and anguish, and cheered and solaced his over-burdened soul. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 18, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
    • May I the sacred pleasures know Of strictest amity, nor ever want A friend with whom I mutually may share Gladness and anguish […] 1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC:
    • But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 6:9:
    • So, ye miserable people; you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. 1549, Hugh Latimer, "The Third Sermon Preached before King Edward VI
    • A terrible scream—a prolonged yell of horror and anguish—burst out of the silence of the moor. That frightful cry turned the blood to ice in my veins. 1889, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles:
    • Love of your selfe, she saide, and deare constraint, Lets me not sleepe, but wast the wearie night In secret anguish and unpittied plaint, Whiles you in carelesse sleepe are drowned quight. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto LIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
    • Is there no play, To ease the anguish of a torturing hour? c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
    • It took years to overcome the anguish from my wife's death.
    • In midnight sleep of many a face of anguish, Of the look at first of the mortally wounded, (of that indescribable look,) Of the dead on their backs with arms extended wide, I dream, I dream, I dream. 1892, Walt Whitman, “Old War-Dreams”, in The Leaves of Grass:

Forms

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anguishes Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

bliss

Deriveds

anguishly · anguishless · anguishful · anguishment · pear of anguish

Synonyms

cross · pang · anguish · torment · agony · grief · pang · bereavement · rend · anguishment · anguish · smart · trouble · agony · torture · throe · difficulty · torture · torment · living death · pain · calvary · torture · torment · distress · hardship

Translations (88)

ckb داخ (extreme pain) · de Todesangst (extreme pain) · it agonia (extreme pain) · ca angoixa (extreme pain) · fr croix (extreme pain) · pam pamagsalbat (extreme pain) · gv angaaish (extreme pain) · ro agonie (extreme pain) · it ambascia (extreme pain) · it angoscia (extreme pain) · gv ard-ghuinn (extreme pain) · de Agonie (extreme pain) · mk па́тење (extreme pain) · bg мъче́ние (extreme pain) · sv panikångest (extreme pain) · sc amargura (extreme pain) · sh аго̀нија (extreme pain) · de Kreuz (extreme pain) · ru муче́ние (extreme pain) · ru му́ка (extreme pain) · hu kín (extreme pain) · hop kyaatuya (extreme pain) · bg страда́ние (extreme pain) · fi kärsimys (extreme pain) · pdt Angst (extreme pain) · cmn 劇痛 /剧痛 (extreme pain) · fr angoisse de la mort (extreme pain) · ru тоска́ (extreme pain) · fr calvaire (extreme pain) · nl hevig lijden (extreme pain) · el οδύνη (extreme pain) · sdc iscancagòri (extreme pain) · non hrelling (extreme pain) · el μαρτύριο (extreme pain) · mi waiaruhe (extreme pain) · hu aggodalom (extreme pain) · sc batturellu (extreme pain) · la angor (extreme pain) · fi tuska (extreme pain) · got 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 (extreme pain) · eo angoro (extreme pain) · sv dödsångest (extreme pain) · mk стра́дање (extreme pain) · nl doodsstrijd (extreme pain) · sh agònija (extreme pain) · hu gyötrelem (extreme pain) · pt angústia (extreme pain) · mi auētanga (extreme pain) · mk ма́чење (extreme pain) · sv ångest (extreme pain) · mi kohuki (extreme pain) · de Qual (extreme pain) · el αγωνία (extreme pain) · nl martelgang (extreme pain) · hy տառապանք (extreme pain) · pam salbat (extreme pain) · hu gyötrődés (extreme pain) · it calvario (extreme pain) · enm angwissh (extreme pain) · sv vånda (extreme pain) · fa غم (extreme pain) · kw gloos (extreme pain) · ru страда́ние (extreme pain) · gl anguria (extreme pain) · de tiefer Schmerz (extreme pain) · th ความทุกข์ทรมาน (extreme pain) · it croce (extreme pain) · fr affres de la mort (extreme pain) · eo dolorego (extreme pain) · ota اضطراب (extreme pain) · ko 괴로움 (extreme pain) · ja 苦痛 (extreme pain) · ko 비통 (extreme pain) · ca angúnia (extreme pain) · mk ма́ка (extreme pain) · kw angos (extreme pain) · nl agonie (extreme pain) · nl doodsangst (extreme pain) · es angustia (extreme pain) · ru терза́ние (extreme pain) · bg терза́ние (extreme pain) · pl cierpienie (extreme pain) · ro chin (extreme pain) · pt agonia (extreme pain) · ga crá (extreme pain) · sc affinu (extreme pain) · ga pianpháis (extreme pain) · es congoja (extreme pain)

anguish en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ without æ-raising
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ æ-raising

Etymology

From Middle English angwischen, anguis(s)en, from Old French angoissier, anguissier, from the noun (see Etymology 1).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To suffer pain.
    • c. 1900s, Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song, traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.
  2. (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.

Forms

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anguishing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anguished Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anguished Tense=Past lexicographic
anguishes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

torment · afflict · wring · dere · agonize · wring · aggrieve · throe · rack · ache · pain · irritate · pang · throe · hurt · excruciate · hurt · ache · torment · hurt · suffer · anguish · torture · afflict · pine · wark · suffer · anguish · agonize · passion · thole

Translations (45)

el πονώ (cause to suffer pain) · ko 괴롭히다 (cause to suffer pain) · ru изводи́ть (cause to suffer pain) · es angustiarse (suffer pain) · eo angori (suffer pain) · de leiden (suffer pain) · nl martelen (cause to suffer pain) · uk терза́тися (suffer pain) · ja 苦しむ (suffer pain) · el αγωνιώ (suffer pain) · bg страдам (suffer pain) · ja 苦しめる (cause to suffer pain) · ru изводи́ться (suffer pain) · fi kärsiä (suffer pain) · ko 괴로워하다 (suffer pain) · cmn 使痛苦 (cause to suffer pain) · de quälen (cause to suffer pain) · cmn 受苦 (suffer pain) · id menyiksa (cause to suffer pain) · th ทรมาน (cause to suffer pain) · ro suferi (suffer pain) · eo angorigi (cause to suffer pain) · el υποφέρω (suffer pain) · th เจ็บปวด (suffer pain) · it angosciare (cause to suffer pain) · ru терза́ть (cause to suffer pain) · bg измъчвам се (suffer pain) · nl lijden (suffer pain) · el βασανίζομαι (suffer pain) · de sich quälen (suffer pain) · uk терза́ти (cause to suffer pain) · pt angustiar (cause to suffer pain) · id tersiksa (suffer pain) · th ทำให้เจ็บปวด (cause to suffer pain) · fi aiheuttaa tuskaa (cause to suffer pain) · sh па̏тити (suffer pain) · ru терза́ться (suffer pain) · el βασανίζω (cause to suffer pain) · it angosciarsi (suffer pain) · bg измъчвам (cause to suffer pain) · es angustiar (cause to suffer pain) · pt angustiar-se (suffer pain) · ro chinui (cause to suffer pain) · sh pȁtiti (suffer pain) · th ทุกข์ทรมาน (suffer pain)