define  anguish
anguish /ËaeÅÉ¡wÉªÊ/ ËÃ¦ÅÉ¡wÉªÊ n extreme pain or; misery mental or physical; torture agony vb to afflict or be afflicted with Anguish: etymology 13th: century From Old french angoisse a, strangling From latin angustia, narrowness from angustus. 1  narrow extreme pain or; misery mental or physical; torture.  agony