anguish

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形容詞:?anguished;

1. angu- + -ish.
2. => acute bodily or mental suffering.
3. => "tightness, straitness, narrowness;" figuratively "distress, difficulty".

anguish: anguish: [13] English acquired anguish from Old French anguisse, changing its ending to -ish in the 14th century. Its central notion of ‘distress’ or ‘suffering’ goes back ultimately (as in the case of the related anger) to a set of words meaning ‘constriction’ (for the sense development, compare the phrase in dire straits, where strait originally meant ‘narrow’).

Old French anguisse came from Latin angustia ‘distress’, which was derived from the adjective angustus ‘narrow’. Like Greek ánkhein ‘squeeze, strangle’ (ultimate source of English angina [16]) and Latin angere ‘strangle’, this came originally from an Indo-European base *angg- ‘narrow’.
=> anger, angina
anguish (n.): c. 1200, "acute bodily or mental suffering," from Old French anguisse, angoisse "choking sensation, distress, anxiety, rage," from Latin angustia (plural angustiae) "tightness, straitness, narrowness;" figuratively "distress, difficulty," from ang(u)ere "to throttle, torment" (see anger (v.)).
anguish (v.): early 14c., intransitive and reflexive; mid-14c., transitive, from Old French anguissier (Modern French angoisser), from anguisse (see anguish (n.)). Related: Anguished; anguishing.

1. Every line etched on her face told a story of personal anguish.: 她臉上的每條皺紋都講述了一次痛苦的經(jīng)歷。

2. No one suspected the anguish he carried on his shoulders.: 沒人覺察出他所承擔(dān)的痛苦。

3. For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.: 短短幾分鐘我們就忘記了焦慮與苦惱。