Anguish

//ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ//

Synonyms for "anguish" (196 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Strong matches (58)

Related words (98)

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11 entries

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8 entries

derived

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manner of

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Translations

133 translations across 43 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • տառապանք noun (extreme pain)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мъче́ние noun (extreme pain)
  • страда́ние noun (extreme pain)
  • терза́ние noun (extreme pain)
  • измъчвам verb (cause to suffer pain)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • affinu noun (extreme pain)

Catalan

2 entries
  • angoixa noun (extreme pain)
  • angúnia noun (extreme pain)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • داخ noun (extreme pain)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 劇痛 /剧痛 noun (extreme pain)
  • 使痛苦 verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • 受苦 verb (suffer pain)

Cornish

2 entries
  • angos noun (extreme pain)
  • gloos noun (extreme pain)

Dutch

4 entries
  • agonie noun (extreme pain)
  • doodsangst noun (extreme pain)
  • doodsstrijd noun (extreme pain)
  • hevig lijden noun (extreme pain)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • angoro noun (extreme pain)
  • dolorego noun (extreme pain)
  • angori verb (suffer pain)
  • angorigi verb (cause to suffer pain)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kärsimys noun (extreme pain)
  • tuska noun (extreme pain)
  • aiheuttaa tuskaa verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • kärsiä verb (suffer pain)

French

4 entries
  • affres de la mort noun (extreme pain)
  • angoisse de la mort noun (extreme pain)
  • calvaire noun (extreme pain)
  • croix noun (extreme pain)

Galician

1 entries
  • anguria noun (extreme pain)

German

4 entries
  • Agonie noun (extreme pain)
  • Kreuz noun (extreme pain)
  • Qual noun (extreme pain)
  • Todesangst noun (extreme pain)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 noun (extreme pain)

Greek

4 entries
  • αγωνία noun (extreme pain)
  • μαρτύριο noun (extreme pain)
  • οδύνη noun (extreme pain)
  • αγωνιώ verb (suffer pain)

Hopi

1 entries
  • kyaatuya noun (extreme pain)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aggodalom noun (extreme pain)
  • gyötrelem noun (extreme pain)
  • gyötrődés noun (extreme pain)
  • kín noun (extreme pain)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • menyiksa verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • tersiksa verb (suffer pain)

Irish

2 entries
  • crá noun (extreme pain)
  • pianpháis noun (extreme pain)

Italian

4 entries
  • agonia noun (extreme pain)
  • ambascia noun (extreme pain)
  • angoscia noun (extreme pain)
  • calvario noun (extreme pain)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 苦痛 noun (extreme pain)
  • 苦しむ verb (suffer pain)
  • 苦しめる verb (cause to suffer pain)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • pamagsalbat noun (extreme pain)
  • salbat noun (extreme pain)

Korean

4 entries
  • 괴로움 noun (extreme pain)
  • 비통 noun (extreme pain)
  • 괴로워하다 verb (suffer pain)
  • 괴롭히다 verb (cause to suffer pain)

Latin

1 entries
  • angor noun (extreme pain)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ма́ка noun (extreme pain)
  • ма́чење noun (extreme pain)
  • па́тење noun (extreme pain)
  • стра́дање noun (extreme pain)

Manx

2 entries
  • angaaish noun (extreme pain)
  • ard-ghuinn noun (extreme pain)

Middle English

1 entries
  • angwissh noun (extreme pain)

Māori

3 entries
  • auētanga noun (extreme pain)
  • kohuki noun (extreme pain)
  • waiaruhe noun (extreme pain)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • hrelling noun (extreme pain)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اضطراب noun (extreme pain)

Persian

1 entries
  • غم noun (extreme pain)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Angst noun (extreme pain)

Polish

1 entries
  • cierpienie noun (extreme pain)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • agonia noun (extreme pain)
  • angústia noun (extreme pain)
  • angustiar verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • angustiar-se verb (suffer pain)

Romanian

4 entries
  • agonie noun (extreme pain)
  • chin noun (extreme pain)
  • chinui verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • suferi verb (suffer pain)

Russian

4 entries
  • му́ка noun (extreme pain)
  • муче́ние noun (extreme pain)
  • страда́ние noun (extreme pain)
  • терза́ние noun (extreme pain)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • amargura noun (extreme pain)
  • batturellu noun (extreme pain)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • iscancagòri noun (extreme pain)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • agònija noun (extreme pain)
  • аго̀нија noun (extreme pain)
  • pȁtiti verb (suffer pain)
  • па̏тити verb (suffer pain)

Spanish

4 entries
  • angustia noun (extreme pain)
  • congoja noun (extreme pain)
  • angustiar verb (suffer pain)
  • angustiar verb (cause to suffer pain)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dödsångest noun (extreme pain)
  • panikångest noun (extreme pain)
  • vånda noun (extreme pain)
  • ångest noun (extreme pain)

Thai

4 entries
  • ความทุกข์ทรมาน noun (extreme pain)
  • ทรมาน verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • ทำให้เจ็บปวด verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • ทุกข์ทรมาน verb (suffer pain)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • терза́ти verb (cause to suffer pain)
  • терза́тися verb (suffer pain)

Sample sentences

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The newspaper told of the mother's anguish at the death of her son.

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He is in anguish over her child.

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She takes a new lover while he is in anguish.

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Adele watched her friend with dismay. Large tears flooded her face, she could not suppress this scream of anguish and pity: "Oh! Mary! poor Mary!".

Source: tatoeba (1930612)

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