Anguish
noun
Severe mental or physical suffering.
The man was in deep anguish after his family left.
Often appears as...
- anguish of separation
- causes great anguish
verb
To suffer severe agony or torment.
She was anguishing over the decision to leave her job.
Often appears as...
- anguishing over the decision
- anguishing in pain
noun
Severe mental or physical suffering.
The man was in deep anguish after his family left.
Often appears as...
- anguish of separation
- causes great anguish
verb
To suffer severe agony or torment.
She was anguishing over the decision to leave her job.
Often appears as...
- anguishing over the decision
- anguishing in pain
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe extreme emotional pain often from personal loss or failure.
His anguish was palpable when he spoke of his divorce.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Pain
Can refer to intense physical suffering, not just emotional.
She felt a sharp anguish in her side during the marathon.
Pro Tip 3/3Use Sparingly
A strong word, so use it only for serious and profound situations.
The novel described the anguish of war survivors.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe extreme emotional pain often from personal loss or failure.
His anguish was palpable when he spoke of his divorce.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Pain
Can refer to intense physical suffering, not just emotional.
She felt a sharp anguish in her side during the marathon.
Pro Tip 3/3Use Sparingly
A strong word, so use it only for serious and profound situations.
The novel described the anguish of war survivors.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Used to describe extreme emotional pain often from personal loss or failure.
His anguish was palpable when he spoke of his divorce.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Pain
Can refer to intense physical suffering, not just emotional.
She felt a sharp anguish in her side during the marathon.
Pro Tip 3/3Use Sparingly
A strong word, so use it only for serious and profound situations.
The novel described the anguish of war survivors.
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The urgent need for...
by that history and we never really dealt with it even during the civil rights era I don't think we've confronted all of the pain and anguish that was created by decades of segregation we said to black people you're not good enough to vote just because you're black we said the black kids you can't go to school with other
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
into the bars of the tree knew they couldn't get there put his head down he didn't growl at them once he didn't hiss at them once he just kind of lay there and glared at them while they hopped up and down below the tree in a state of deep anguish it was very funny and I don't know if you could hear them
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Your elusive creative...
again as he spins and what is he then to do with the rest of his life this is hard this is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative life you know but maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe in the first place that the most extraordinary
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Adam Grant: How to stop...
In the early days of covid, a lot of us were struggling with fear, grief and isolation. But as the pandemic dragged on with no end in sight, our acute anguish gave way to chronic languish. We were all living in “Groundhog Day.” It felt like the whole world was stagnating.
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Your elusive creative...
And maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins, and what is he then to do with the rest of his life? This is hard. This is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative life. But maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish
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Why I'm done trying to...
even if it makes you look weak? Are you confident enough to listen to the women in your life? To hear their ideas and their solutions? To hold their anguish and actually believe them, even if what they're saying is against you?
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Rick Guidotti: From...
I can see the pain, the anguish in his eyes. He walks in, he walks right past me, goes up to his room, slams the door, and I don't see him until the next day. He's not going to want to be photographed, he has zero self-esteem,
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How the West can adapt...
As a friend of the West I feel anguished by this, so my goal to today is to try to help the West. But I have to begin the story first by talking about how the West actually woke up the rest of the world.
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Latif Nasser: The...
He said they felt like two baseballs on the sides of his head. Pain just kept accumulating in his life. Next, he watched his wife go into labor at his hospital. She heaved and pushed, clearly in anguish.
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Seal Swims into City...
met will fry the anguish it's a bit narrow this just puts in the flippers and claws and just strips it down strips it right off it's an unlikely relationship men considered to be tough
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The urgent need for...
by that history and we never really dealt with it even during the civil rights era I don't think we've confronted all of the pain and anguish that was created by decades of segregation we said to black people you're not good enough to vote just because you're black we said the black kids you can't go to school with other
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
into the bars of the tree knew they couldn't get there put his head down he didn't growl at them once he didn't hiss at them once he just kind of lay there and glared at them while they hopped up and down below the tree in a state of deep anguish it was very funny and I don't know if you could hear them
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
again as he spins and what is he then to do with the rest of his life this is hard this is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative life you know but maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe in the first place that the most extraordinary
Video examples
Adam Grant: How to stop...
In the early days of covid, a lot of us were struggling with fear, grief and isolation. But as the pandemic dragged on with no end in sight, our acute anguish gave way to chronic languish. We were all living in “Groundhog Day.” It felt like the whole world was stagnating.
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
And maybe nobody will ever chant God's name again as he spins, and what is he then to do with the rest of his life? This is hard. This is one of the most painful reconciliations to make in a creative life. But maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
even if it makes you look weak? Are you confident enough to listen to the women in your life? To hear their ideas and their solutions? To hold their anguish and actually believe them, even if what they're saying is against you?
Video examples
Rick Guidotti: From...
I can see the pain, the anguish in his eyes. He walks in, he walks right past me, goes up to his room, slams the door, and I don't see him until the next day. He's not going to want to be photographed, he has zero self-esteem,
Video examples
How the West can adapt...
As a friend of the West I feel anguished by this, so my goal to today is to try to help the West. But I have to begin the story first by talking about how the West actually woke up the rest of the world.
Video examples
Latif Nasser: The...
He said they felt like two baseballs on the sides of his head. Pain just kept accumulating in his life. Next, he watched his wife go into labor at his hospital. She heaved and pushed, clearly in anguish.
Video examples
Seal Swims into City...
met will fry the anguish it's a bit narrow this just puts in the flippers and claws and just strips it down strips it right off it's an unlikely relationship men considered to be tough
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Jon Huntsman, Sr.
American Philanthropist
Sometimes in life, we try to do our very best to help others, and in the process, it brings some anguish to us. But we can't ever let that stop us. We can't ever be stopped from helping others and allowing them to have some sense of happiness and joy in their life.
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James Nachtwey
American Photographer
If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.
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Jay Shetty
British Celebrity
I was at business school doing pretty well for myself, had a few offers from some great companies. But when I traveled across the world, I was shocked by just how much pain, struggle, and anguish people had to go through to have basic necessities.
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Miguel de Unamuno
Spanish Educator
There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.
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Eyvind Johnson
Swedish Author
In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.
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Madison Beer
American Musician
Dear Society' really is my letter to society where I express the anguish I've been caused from such an image-based industry and culture we live in.
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Sarita Choudhury
English Actress
For me, what is important is to bring the inner life of these characters - their strengths, contradictions, anguish and triumph - alive.
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Patrick Henry
American Politician
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.
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Jon Huntsman, Sr.
American Philanthropist
Sometimes in life, we try to do our very best to help others, and in the process, it brings some anguish to us. But we can't ever let that stop us. We can't ever be stopped from helping others and allowing them to have some sense of happiness and joy in their life.
Quote examples
James Nachtwey
American Photographer
If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.
Quote examples
Jay Shetty
British Celebrity
I was at business school doing pretty well for myself, had a few offers from some great companies. But when I traveled across the world, I was shocked by just how much pain, struggle, and anguish people had to go through to have basic necessities.
Quote examples
Miguel de Unamuno
Spanish Educator
There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.
Quote examples
Eyvind Johnson
Swedish Author
In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.
Quote examples
Madison Beer
American Musician
Dear Society' really is my letter to society where I express the anguish I've been caused from such an image-based industry and culture we live in.
Quote examples
Sarita Choudhury
English Actress
For me, what is important is to bring the inner life of these characters - their strengths, contradictions, anguish and triumph - alive.
Quote examples
Patrick Henry
American Politician
For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.
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