What is "anguish" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What is "anguish" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "anguish": extreme mental distress

Noun

  • Meaning: extreme mental distress
  • Synonyms: anguish torment torture
  • Hypernyms: distress hurt suffering
  • Meaning of "anguish": suffer great pains or distress

    Verb

  • Meaning: suffer great pains or distress
  • Synonyms: anguish
  • Hypernyms: suffer
  • Meaning of "anguish": extreme distress of body or mind

    Noun

  • Meaning: extreme distress of body or mind
  • Synonyms: anguish
  • Hypernyms: distress
  • Meaning of "anguish": cause emotional anguish or make miserable

    Verb

  • Meaning: cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  • Example: It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school
  • Synonyms: anguish hurt pain
  • Hyponyms: agonise agonize break someone's heart excruciate rack torment torture try
  • Hypernyms: discomfit discompose disconcert untune upset
  • Synonyms:

    heartache, agony, sorrow, grief, suffering, heartbreak, torment, misery, woe, distress, torture, dolor, dole, throe, pang, affliction, wretchedness, rue, hurting,

    Antonyms:

    happiness, health, joy, delight, relief, contentment, joyfulness, solace, comfort,

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    anguish in English: anguish
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