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Noun: anguish  ang-gwish
  1. Extreme distress of body or mind
    "The news of her son's accident filled her with anguish";
    - torment, torture
Verb: anguish  ang-gwish
  1. Suffer great pains or distress
    "She anguished over her son's illness"
     
  2. Cause emotional anguish or make miserable
    "It anguishes me to see my children not being taught well in school";
    - pain, hurt

Derived forms: anguished, anguishes, anguishing

Type of: ache, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, distress, hurt, suffer, suffering, untune [rare], upset

Encyclopedia: Anguish, Charles