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anguish

an·guish

UK/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ US/ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

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cause emotional anguish or make miserable

  • “It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school”
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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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