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Vinony

anguish

verb

  1. worry; be tormented
L330794 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. extreme pain, distress or anxiety
L43902 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ / /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ / /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/

name

Etymology: 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.

  1. A surname.

    “Edmund Anguish of Somerleighton”

    “By request, Mr. Anguish, who is an expert on comb honey, was asked to give some points on its production: Mr. Anguish uses a divisible brood chamber. […]”

  2. 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 pleaded, that the said Anguish, the said child in the said declaration mentioned was not born at the time of the sealing and delivering of the said indenture, but long afterwards.”

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. 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.”

    “So, ye miserable people; you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English angwischen, anguis(s)en, from Old French angoissier, anguissier, from the noun (see Etymology 1).

  1. 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.”

  2. To cause to suffer pain.