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The definition of anguish is a feeling of physical or mental pain.

(noun)

Being very worried about something is an example of anguish.
Having terrible back pain is an example of anguish.

Anguish is defined as causing or feeling extreme pain or worry.

(verb)

A teenager not calling their parents and staying out all night is an example of to anguish.

See anguish in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

great suffering, as from worry, grief, or pain; agony

Origin: ME angwisshe < OFr anguisse < L angustia, tightness, distress: see anger

transitive verb

to cause to feel anguish

intransitive verb

to feel anguish

See anguish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment. See Synonyms at regret.

verb an·guished, an·guish·ing, an·guish·es

verb, transitive

To cause to feel or suffer anguish.

verb, intransitive

To feel or suffer anguish.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English angwisshe

Origin: , from Old French anguisse

Origin: , from Latin angustiae, distress

Origin: , from angustus, narrow; see angh- in Indo-European roots

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