anguish

(ăng'gwĭsh)
n.
Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment. See synonyms at regret.


v., -guished, -guish·ing, -guish·es.

v.tr.
To cause to feel or suffer anguish.

v.intr.
To feel or suffer anguish.

[Middle English angwisshe, from Old French anguisse, from Latin angustiae, distress, from angustus, narrow.]

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noun

A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy/unhappy.

verb

To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture. See attack/defend, help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: severe upset or pain
Antonyms: comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, joyfulness, solace

In the philosophy of Sartre, an inescapable sense of deep and total responsibility for one's own choice and action.

For a list of words related to anguish, see:

• Agitation, Abnormality, and Instability - anguish: extreme mental distress

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pine, kval
v. tr. - pine, volde kval
v. intr. - pines, have kvaler

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwelling, psychisch leed, pijnigen, lijden

Français (French)
n. - angoisse, anxiété, supplice
v. tr. - être angoissé, souffrir le martyre
v. intr. - être angoissé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Qual
v. - Qualen erleiden, quälen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγωνία, οδύνη
v. - βασανίζω, ταλανίζω, νιώθω αγωνία, βασανίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
tormento, dolore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - agonia (f), tortura (f), angústia (f), ansiedade (f)
v. - torturar-se, angustiar-se

Русский (Russian)
страдание, боль, терзание

Español (Spanish)
n. - angustia, tormento, aflicción
v. tr. - angustiar, atormentar, afligir
v. intr. - angustiarse, atormentarse, afligirse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pina, kval
v. - pina, lida kval

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
苦恼, 痛苦, 使极苦闷, 使极痛苦, 感到痛苦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 苦惱, 痛苦
v. tr. - 使極苦悶, 使極痛苦
v. intr. - 感到痛苦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고통
v. tr. - 을 괴롭히다
v. intr. - 괴로워하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 激痛, 苦痛
v. - 苦悶する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الم مبرح جسدي أو نفسي (فعل) يعاني من الما جسديا مبرحا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ייסורים, חרדה‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם סבל‬
v. intr. - ‮סבל‬

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