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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche