anguish
has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] (psychology) extreme mental distress
Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Joel came and sat mutely with her , sharing her pain and anguish , averting his eyes from the ice_packs on her bosom . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)If , however , it would help to intensify your anguish , I can delimit the powers of a_few of the divinities you 've affronted and describe the punishment they meted_out in one analogous instance . |
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[ noun ] extreme distress of body or mind
Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Secondly , to find a learned diversion and a pleasing joke in More 's account of the stupid brutalities of early sixteenth century wars , of the anguish of the poor and dispossessed , of the insolence and cruelty of the rich and powerful requires a callousness toward suffering and sin that would be surprising in a moral imbecile and most surprising in More himself . |
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[ verb ] suffer great pains or distress
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