Associations to the word «Anguish»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
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.