All anguish synonyms
an·guish
A a noun anguish
- heartache — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- agony — Agony is great physical or mental pain.
- sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- heartbreak — great sorrow, grief, or anguish.
- torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
- misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
- woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
- distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- dolor — sorrow; grief.
- dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- throe — a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- pang — a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress or longing: a pang of remorse; a pang of desire.
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- rue — to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly: to rue the loss of opportunities.
- hurting — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- angst — Angst is a feeling of anxiety and worry.
- anxiety — Anxiety is a feeling of nervousness or worry.
verb anguish
- eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- sweat out — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- fret — to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- keening — a wailing lament for the dead.