/ang"gwish/ , n.
1. excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
v.t.
2. to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain.
v.i.
3. to suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish: to anguish over the loss of a loved one.
[ 1175-1225; ME anguisse angustia tight place, equiv. to angust ( us ) narrow + -ia -IA; cf. ANXIOUS; akin to ANGER ]
Syn. 1. agony, torment, torture. See pain .
Ant. 1. delight, comfort, relief.