Definition of anguish

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Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.

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Distress :: Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
Sicken :: Sicken (v. i.) To become weak; to decay; to languish.
Anguish :: Anguish (n.) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress..
Languishment :: Languishment (n.) Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..
Heartrending :: Heartrending (a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Pain :: Pain (n.) Uneasiness of mind; mental distress; disquietude; anxiety; grief; solicitude; anguish.
Agony :: Agony (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane..
Languishment :: Languishment (n.) The state of languishing.
Dyingness :: Dyingness (n.) The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment.
Shriek :: Shriek (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish..
Pant :: Pant (v. i.) To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
Pang :: Pang (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death..
Howl :: Howl (n.) A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter..
Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away..
Dwine :: Dwine (v. i.) To waste away; to pine; to languish.
Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
Pain :: Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him..
Unutterable :: Unutterable (a.) Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish..
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