English
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.
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /'a[ng]-gwish/
Noun
anguish (uncountable)
- Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Quotations
<blockquote>
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.
<BR>
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Hound of the Baskervilles
</blockquote>
Synonyms
agony
calvary
cross
pang
torture
torment
Translations
Finnish: kärsimys, tuska
French: angoisse de la mort, affres de la mort, calvaire, croix
German: Kreuz, Agonie, Todesangst
Hungarian: aggodalom, gyötrelem, gyötrÅ�dés, kÃn
Portuguese: agonia f, angústia f
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Italian: angoscia mortale, agonia, calvario, croce
Dutch: doodsangst, agonie, doodsstrijd, hevig lijden, martelgang
Spanish: angustia
Russian: м�ка|м��ка f
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