| n. | 1. | Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. |
| v. t. | 1. | To distress with extreme pain or grief. |
| Noun | 1. | anguish - extreme mental distress |
| 2. | anguish - extreme distress of body or mind | |
| Verb | 1. | anguish - suffer great pains or distress |
| 2. | anguish - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" |