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Word: Anguish
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin angustia ‘tightness’, (plural) ‘straits, distress’, from angustus ‘narrow’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaŋɡwɪʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
severe mental or physical pain or suffering
Short Definition:severe mental or physical pain
Examples:- she shut her eyes in anguish
- Philip gave a cry of anguish
Word: Anguish
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaŋɡwɪʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
be extremely distressed about something
Short Definition:be extremely distressed about something
Examples:- I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I'd made the right decision
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