ANGUISH

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.

2.
v.

To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.


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