Anguish

Noun

 * 1) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

Verb

 * 1)  To suffer pain.
 * 2)  To cause to suffer pain.

Adjectives for Anguish
nameless; unspeakable; excessive; bodily; nauseating;  dumb;  mental;  excruciating; keen; maddening; intolerable; sheer; startled; mortal; hopeless; indescribable; frightful;  unbearable;  bitter;  profound;  acute; tearless;  soul-piercing;  occult;  strangling; perpetual;  fierce;  insufferable;  universal; maternal; jealous; subdued; transient; dull; stifling; short-lived; audible; intimate; unuttered; grim;  heart-rending; despairing; spiritual: killing: sickening: dark; abrupt; amazed; insupportable; passionate;  sensational.

Verbs for Anguish
burst with; choke with; consume with; consume with -; cry out in; endure-; escape-;  heal-; hearken to-; heed-; lessen-; overwhelm with-; soothe-; strike with-; suffer-; tremble with-; vent-; wring the mind with-; waste one's soul in-; writhe in-; -oppresses; -rends; -splits; -tears; -wrings.

Synonyms for Anguish

 * agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment
 * distress, suffering, pain, affliction, sorrow, worry, woe, misery, grief, anxiety.

Antonyms for Anguish
comfort, joy.

Related terms

 * agnail, hangnail
 * anger
 * angst


 * anxiety
 * anxious

Thesaurus
ache; aching heart; afflict; affliction; aggrieve; agonize; agony; agony of mind; ail; angst; anxiety; atrocious pain; bale; barb the dart; bitterness; blanch; bleed; bleeding heart; blench; boredom; break down; bring to tears; broken heart; bruise; care; carking care; cheerlessness; crucifixion; crush; crushing; cut; cut up; depression; depth of misery; desolate; desolation; despair; discomfort; discomposure; discontent; dislike; displeasure; disquiet; dissatisfaction; distress; disturb; dole; draw tears; dread; dullness; embitter; emptiness; ennui; excruciation; existential woe; extremity; feel pain; feel the pangs; flatness; go hard with; grief; grieve; grimace; grimness; have a misery; heartache; heartbreak; heartfelt grief; heartgrief; heavy heart; hurt; hurt the feelings; infelicity; inquietude; inundate; joylessness; lack of pleasure; lamentation; languishment; malaise; martyrdom; martyrization; melancholia; melancholy; misery; nausea; nongratification; nonsatisfaction; oppress; overwhelm; pain; painfulness; pang; pierce; pining; pound; prick; prostrate; prostration; rack; regret; rue; sadness; savorlessness; shoot; shrink; smart; sorrow; sorrowing; spleen; stab; staleness; sting; suffer; suffer anguish; suffering; suicidal despair; tastelessness; tediousness; tedium; thrill; throb; tingle; torment; torture; trouble; twinge; twist the knife; twitch; uncomfortableness; unease; uneasiness; unhappiness; unpleasure; unsatisfaction; upset; vexation of spirit; wince; woe; worry; wound; wretchedness; writhe

Etymology
From anguishe:, anguise:, angoise:, French angoisse:, from  angustia: from angustus: from angere:. See angst:, the Germanic cognate, and anger:.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * Bulgarian: мъчение,,  терзание
 * Dutch:, , doodsstrijd, , martelgang
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: angoisse de la mort, affres de la mort, calvaire, croix
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: aggodalom, gyötrelem, gyötrődés, kín


 * Italian: angoscia mortale, agonia, calvario, croce, ambascia
 * Kurdish: داخ
 * Manx: ard-ghuinn
 * Polish: cierpienie
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * Bulgarian: страдам, измъчвам се
 * Dutch:


 * Italian: penare, soffrire
 * Serbo-Croatian: patiti


 * Bulgarian: измъчвам
 * Dutch:


 * Italian: addolorare
 * Russian: мучить