anguish
Meaning
Synonyms
difficult situation
mental pain
excessive pain
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English angwissh, anguishe, angoise, from Anglo-Norman anguise, anguisse, from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, scarcity, difficulty, distress”), from angustus (“narrow, difficult”), from angere (“to press together, cause pain, distress”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger.
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