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Synonyms for anguish
ˈæŋ gwɪʃan·guish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
anguish
Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.
Synonyms:
anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, trouble, worryAntonyms:
apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillityPreposition:
Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.
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Princeton's WordNet
anguish, torment, torturenoun
extreme mental distress
Synonyms:
badgering, distortion, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, straining, harassment, torture, bedevilment, twisting, agony, curse, tormentanguishverb
extreme distress of body or mind
anguishverb
suffer great pains or distress
pain, anguish, hurtverb
cause emotional anguish or make miserable
"It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
Synonyms:
smart, hurt, pain, trouble, injure, wound, bruise, suffer, offend, ache, ail, spite
Dictionary of English Synonymes
anguishnoun
Synonyms:
agony (especially of the mind), torment, torture, rack, pang, severe pain, extreme suffering, acute distress
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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#309 | care | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1938 | pain | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2824 | fear | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5093 | hurt | |
#5338 | torture | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#6386 | anxiety | |
#6848 | suffer | |
#9117 | wound | |
#9795 | harassment | |
#10309 | distortion | |
#10700 | grief | |
#10782 | spite | |
#11618 | curse | |
#12669 | distress | |
#14374 | disturbance | |
#14621 | sorrow | |
#17151 | worrying | |
#17321 | discomfort | |
#19676 | dread | |
#20439 | agony | |
#23039 | offend | |
#23284 | angst | |
#23795 | twisting | |
#25311 | ache | |
#26907 | calvary | |
#27991 | anguish | |
#29210 | torment | |
#30578 | apprehension | |
#32452 | heartbreak | |
#33386 | pang | |
#34306 | injure | |
#36511 | straining | |
#40763 | torturing | |
#43329 | ail | |
#45961 | bruise | |
#71424 | foreboding | |
#74722 | fretting | |
#77127 | perplexity | |
#93318 | disquiet | |
#102610 | solicitude | |
#159889 | badgering | |
#187910 | misgiving |
How to use anguish in a sentence?
With tremendous anguish, I am now sharing this information about my experience and setting the record straight. It has been extremely difficult to relive that traumatic experience from 2004. Mr. Fairfax has tried to brand me as a liar to a national audience, in service to his political ambitions, and has threatened litigation. Given his false assertions, Im compelled to make clear what happened.
In the midst of such profound anguish, one memory fills us with hope, when evil showed its hideous face, Americans of all walks of life rose up -- and they did, they rose up -- they defied fear, they stared down death to protect the innocent. And stand tall they did just for righteous and for good.
Those of you who know me know the anguish that I went through, how I didn't sleep ... the pain and the pressure that I felt by continuing with a farce.
Mr. Cox thought he could hide behind the anonymity of the internet to terrorize his young victims, causing them untold mental anguish, but this sentence is a clear message that those who engage in sextortion will be held accountable for their heinous actions.
How generous is dance, it barters your moments of anguish and gifts you joy equal to lifetimes
Translations for anguish
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- معاناةArabic
- терзание, измъчвам, страдам, мъчение, измъчвам се, страданиеBulgarian
- Todesangst, Agonie, KreuzGerman
- βασανίζω, υποφέρω, βασανίζομαι, αγωνία, οδύνη, πονώ, αγωνιώ, μαρτύριοGreek
- angustia, congoja, angustiar, anxtiaSpanish
- غم و اندوهPersian
- kärsimys, tuskaFinnish
- croix, angoisse de la mort, affres de la mort, calvaireFrench
- ard-ghuinnManx
- gyötrelem, gyötrődés, aggodalom, kínHungarian
- deritaIndonesian
- addolorare, soffrire, calvario, croce, agonia, angoscia, ambascia, penareItalian
- צַעַרHebrew
- داخKurdish
- angustiaLatin
- auētangaMāori
- doodsangst, martelen, lijden, hevig, doodsstrijd, agonie, martelgangDutch
- cierpieniePolish
- agonia, angústiaPortuguese
- chinui, agonie, suferi, chinRomanian
- мучить, му́ка, страдание, мучение, тоска, терзаниеRussian
- patiti, agonijaSerbo-Croatian
- тугаUkrainian
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