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anguish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hurt, pain |
| Type of | upset, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune |
| Has types | break someone's heart, torture, try, excruciate, rack, torment, agonise, agonize |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | distress |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | suffer |
Examples of anguish
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The great speeches of anguish burst out as a terrible torrent of grief and pain.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
That hoary fiat has produced its measure of anguish and hilarity over the years.
From the time.com
He told a newspaper reporter he was in anguish over Faith Lippe's disappearance.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The focus of this film is not the theory, but the anguish it caused its creator.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Had I approached him with my concerns and my anguish he would have shut me down.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Another might feel anguish about the way her workaholism degrades relationships.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Nearly all of the 17 kids with ties to Juarez have experienced the same anguish.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Events of the Agnew magnitude produce momentary political paralysis and anguish.
From the time.com
He covered the closing of the steel mills, the anguish of the displaced workers.
From the swampland.time.com
- Suffer great pains or distress
- Extreme mental distress
- Pain: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
- (anguished) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"
- Anguish is a term used in philosophy, often as a translation from the German Angst. It is a paramount feature of existentialist philosophy, in which anguish is often understood as the experience of an utterly free being in a world with zero absolutes (existential despair). ...
- Anguish (1991) is the debut album by the industrial and synthpop band, And One.
- Anguish (Angustia) is a 1987 Spanish produced horror film starring Zelda Rubinstein, Michael Lerner, Talia Paul, Angel Jove and Clara Pastor.
- Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; To suffer pain; To cause to suffer pain
- (anguished) Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent
