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English noun: anguish | |||
| 1. | anguish (feeling) extreme mental distress | ||
| Synonyms | torment, torture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distress, hurt, suffering | ||
| 2. | anguish (state) extreme distress of body or mind | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distress | ||
English verb: anguish | |||
| 1. | anguish (emotion) suffer great pains or distress | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue anguish over the results of the experiment | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | suffer | ||
| 2. | anguish (emotion) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | ||
| Samples | It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will anguish him | ||
| Synonyms | hurt, pain | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agonise, agonize, break someone's heart, excruciate, rack, torment, torture, try | ||
| Cause | suffer | ||
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