Anguish
['æŋgwɪʃ] or ['æŋɡwɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) extreme mental distress.
(noun.) extreme distress of body or mind.
(verb.) suffer great pains or distress.
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Definition
(n.) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
(v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Agony (especially of the mind), torment, torture, rack, pang, severe pain, extreme suffering, acute distress.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pain, pang, wound, sorrow, distress, grief, discomfort, torture, excruciation,agony, torment
ANT:Ease, pleasure, enjoyment, ecstasy, rapture, relief, solace, comfort, assuagement
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Definition
n. excessive pain of body or mind: agony.—n. Ang′uishment.
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Examples
- At this dreadful reflection, Mrs. Nupkins wept mental anguish, and Miss Nupkins followed on the same side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The idea of Amelia broken-hearted and lonely tore that good-natured soul with anguish. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I had cast off all feeling, subdued all anguish to riot in the excess of my despair. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He cried in an anguish of delight and gratitude: if anybody gave you and me a thousand a year, or saved our lives, we could not be so affected. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was seated on the ice, making spasmodic efforts to smile; but anguish was depicted on every lineament of his countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Withdraw, then,--I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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