anguish
/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ sustantivo B2En español: angustia, congoja
- 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.
Plural anguishes
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A Hedgehog, passing by, saw his anguish and inquired if he should drive away the flies that were tormenting him.
A terrible scream—a prolonged yell of horror and anguish—burst out of the silence of the moor.
“Oh!” exclaimed Dantès, his heart wrung with anguish.
Half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half elapsed, and during this period of anguish, Edmond leaned over his friend, his hand applied to his heart, and felt the body gradually grow cold, and the heart’s pulsation become more and more deep and dull, until at length it stopped; the last movement of the heart ceased, the face became livid, the eyes remained open, but the eyeballs were glazed.
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