anguish

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From 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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Singular
anguish

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural anguishes

anguish (countable and uncountable; plural anguishes)

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

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Infinitive
to anguish

Third person singular
anguishes

Simple past
anguished

Past participle
anguished

Present participle
anguishing

to anguish (third-person singular simple present anguishes, present participle anguishing, simple past and past participle anguished)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer pain.
    • (A date for this quote is being sought): 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.

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