Associations to the word «Anguish»

Wiktionary

ANGUISH, noun. Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
ANGUISH, verb. (intransitive) To suffer pain.
ANGUISH, verb. (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.

Dictionary definition

ANGUISH, noun. Extreme mental distress.
ANGUISH, noun. Extreme distress of body or mind.
ANGUISH, verb. Suffer great pains or distress.
ANGUISH, verb. Cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.