noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
mental
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He has endured mental anguish , mind-breaking guilts and lacerating physical pain.
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And the mental anguish was unremitting as well, not only for her but for those of us around her.
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It is a genuine attack by the self upon the body, by which mental anguish is swapped for bodily pain.
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Surely it is a poignant reminder of the capacity of the human being to suffer mental anguish .
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Whether you are experiencing physical pain, mental anguish or emotional distress, you will feel it deeply at the time.
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They may claim damages for any mental anguish .
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And the pain, the mental anguish she would cause Ronnie, making her responsible for her death.
personal
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Only the extraordinary personal anguish expressed by the judges themselves reminds us of the human horror at the centre of it all.
■ VERB
cause
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Even though thousands of people die violently each year in Sri Lanka, the death of an important figure causes national anguish .
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This is a peculiarly nasty technique of persuasion, causing great psychological anguish throughout the middle ages and even today.
suffer
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Politicians who objected to Mrs Thatcher and her radical conviction politics suffered the anguish of apparently unresolvable frustration.
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Surely it is a poignant reminder of the capacity of the human being to suffer mental anguish .
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Twenty miles away on the outskirts of Southampton, former hospital worker Marie, 27, is suffering the same anguish .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The anguish of not knowing the truth was almost unbearable.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again and again and again, the wordless timid sounds of anguish continued.
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It brought home the family's humiliation and anguish after being forced to move out.
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Of course, in past centuries, no global news network existed to capture the anguish of the victims.
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Only the extraordinary personal anguish expressed by the judges themselves reminds us of the human horror at the centre of it all.
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She sat for a while, checking an anguish which made her want to sob.
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Some were written in anguish , others in hope.
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Whether the cries of anguish for 1991 alone are justified remains to be seen.