Anguish
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anguish¹
- /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Rhymes with -æŋɡwɪʃ
Where it comes from
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.
noun anguishes
- Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; an emotional state caused by intense misery or suffering. It took years to overcome the anguish from my wife's death.
anguish²
- /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Rhymes with -æŋɡwɪʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English angwischen, anguis(s)en, from Old French angoissier, anguissier, from the noun (see Etymology 1).
verb anguishes · anguishing · anguished
- To suffer pain. c. 1900s, Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song, traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.
- To cause to suffer pain.
Anguish³
Where it comes from
The given name, most famously borne by the character of King Anguish of Ireland, is thought to be a variant of Aengus/Angus, from Irish. The surname is probably also a variant of Angus.
proper noun
- A surname. Edmund Anguish of Somerleighton
- A male given name. […] been ready and willing to take one of the children by her husband, not being the eldest, to live with her; and that she did afterwards fix upon one of such children, named Anguish, and did request her husband to permit the said child to reside and live with her, […] and the defendant futher plea
