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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats