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noun (uncountable)
  1. Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Translations: 
  • French: angoisse de la mort, affres de la mort, calvaire, croix
  • German: Kreuz, Agonie, Todesangst
  • Italian: angoscia mortale, agonia, calvario, croce
  • Dutch: doodsangst, agonie, doodsstrijd, hevig lijden, martelgang
  • Spanish: angustia
Etymology: Old English anguishe, anguise, angoise, French angoisse, from Latin angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, from angustus narrow, difficult, from angere to press together. See Anger.

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