anguish

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The given name, most famously borne by the character of King Anguish of Ireland, is thought to be a variant of Aengus/Angus, from Irish. The surname is probably also a variant of Angus.

From Middle English angwissh, anguishe, angoise, from Anglo-Norman anguise, anguisse, from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, scarcity, difficulty, distress”), from angustus (“narrow, difficult”), from angere (“to press together, cause pain, distress”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger.

From Middle English angwischen, anguis(s)en, from Old French angoissier, anguissier, from the noun (see Etymology 1).

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: տառապանք (taṙapankʻ) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: мъче́ние (mǎčénie) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: страда́ние (stradánie) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: терза́ние (terzánie) — extreme pain
• Catalan: angoixa — extreme pain
• Catalan: angúnia — extreme pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 劇痛 /剧痛 (jùtòng) — extreme pain
• Cornish: angos — extreme pain
• Cornish: gloos — extreme pain
• Dutch: doodsangst — extreme pain
• Dutch: agonie — extreme pain
• Dutch: doodsstrijd — extreme pain
• Dutch: hevig lijden — extreme pain
• Dutch: martelgang — extreme pain
• Esperanto: angoro — extreme pain
• Esperanto: dolorego — extreme pain
• Finnish: kärsimys — extreme pain
• Finnish: tuska — extreme pain
• French: angoisse de la mort — extreme pain
• French: affres de la mort — extreme pain
• French: calvaire — extreme pain
• French: croix — extreme pain
• Galician: anguria — extreme pain
• German: Kreuz — extreme pain
• German: Agonie — extreme pain
• German: Todesangst — extreme pain
• German: Qual — extreme pain
• German: tiefer Schmerz — extreme pain
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉 (aglō) — extreme pain
• Greek: οδύνη (odýni) — extreme pain
• Greek: αγωνία (agonía) — extreme pain
• Greek: μαρτύριο (martýrio) — extreme pain
• Hopi: kyaatuya — extreme pain
• Hungarian: aggodalom — extreme pain
• Hungarian: gyötrelem — extreme pain
• Hungarian: gyötrődés — extreme pain
• Hungarian: kín — extreme pain
• Irish: pianpháis — extreme pain
• Irish: crá — extreme pain
• Italian: angoscia — extreme pain
• Italian: agonia — extreme pain
• Italian: calvario — extreme pain
• Italian: croce — extreme pain
• Italian: ambascia — extreme pain
• Japanese: 苦痛 (ku-tsū) — extreme pain
• Kapampangan: salbat — extreme pain
• Kapampangan: pamagsalbat — extreme pain
• Korean: 괴로움 (goeroum) — extreme pain
• Korean: 비통 (bitong) — extreme pain
• Central Kurdish: داخ (dax) — extreme pain
• Latin: angor — extreme pain
• Macedonian: ма́ка (máka) — extreme pain
• Macedonian: ма́чење (máčenje) — extreme pain
• Macedonian: стра́дање (strádanje) — extreme pain
• Macedonian: па́тење (pátenje) — extreme pain
• Manx: ard-ghuinn — extreme pain
• Manx: angaaish — extreme pain
• Māori: auētanga — extreme pain
• Māori: kohuki — extreme pain
• Māori: waiaruhe — extreme pain
• Middle English: angwissh — extreme pain
• Old Norse: hrelling — extreme pain
• Persian: غم (ġam) — extreme pain
• Plautdietsch: Angst — extreme pain
• Polish: cierpienie — extreme pain
• Portuguese: agonia — extreme pain
• Portuguese: angústia — extreme pain
• Romanian: agonie — extreme pain
• Romanian: chin — extreme pain
• Russian: му́ка (múka) — extreme pain
• Russian: тоска́ (toská) — extreme pain
• Russian: муче́ние (mučénije) — extreme pain
• Russian: страда́ние (stradánije) — extreme pain
• Russian: терза́ние (terzánije) — extreme pain
• Campidanese Sardinian: affinu — extreme pain
• Sardinian: amargura — extreme pain
• Sardinian: batturellu — extreme pain
• Sassarese: iscancagòri — extreme pain
• Serbo-Croatian: аго̀нија — extreme pain
• Serbo-Croatian: agònija — extreme pain
• Spanish: angustia — extreme pain
• Spanish: congoja — extreme pain
• Swedish: ångest — extreme pain
• Swedish: vånda — extreme pain
• Swedish: dödsångest — extreme pain
• Swedish: panikångest — extreme pain
• Thai: ความทุกข์ทรมาน — extreme pain
• Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: страдам (stradam) — suffer pain
• Bulgarian: измъчвам се (izmǎčvam se) — suffer pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 受苦 (shòukǔ) — suffer pain
• Dutch: lijden — suffer pain
• Esperanto: angori — suffer pain
• Finnish: kärsiä — suffer pain
• German: sich quälen — suffer pain
• German: leiden — suffer pain
• Greek: υποφέρω (ypoféro) — suffer pain
• Greek: αγωνιώ (agonió) — suffer pain
• Greek: βασανίζομαι (vasanízomai) — suffer pain
• Indonesian: tersiksa — suffer pain
• Italian: angosciarsi — suffer pain
• Japanese: 苦しむ (kurushimu) — suffer pain
• Korean: 괴로워하다 (goerowohada) — suffer pain
• Portuguese: angustiar-se — suffer pain
• Romanian: suferi — suffer pain
• Russian: терза́ться (terzátʹsja) — suffer pain
• Russian: изводи́ться (izvodítʹsja) — suffer pain
• Serbo-Croatian: па̏тити — suffer pain
• Serbo-Croatian: pȁtiti — suffer pain
• Spanish: angustiarse — suffer pain
• Thai: ทุกข์ทรมาน (túk-tɔɔ-rá-maan) — suffer pain
• Thai: เจ็บปวด (jèp-bpùuat) — suffer pain
• Ukrainian: терза́тися (terzátysja) — suffer pain
• Bulgarian: измъчвам (izmǎčvam) — cause to suffer pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 使痛苦 (shǐ tòngkǔ) — cause to suffer pain
• Dutch: martelen — cause to suffer pain
• Esperanto: angorigi — cause to suffer pain
• Finnish: aiheuttaa tuskaa — cause to suffer pain
• German: quälen — cause to suffer pain
• Greek: πονώ (ponó) — cause to suffer pain
• Greek: βασανίζω (vasanízo) — cause to suffer pain
• Indonesian: menyiksa — cause to suffer pain
• Italian: angosciare — cause to suffer pain
• Japanese: 苦しめる (kurushimeru) — cause to suffer pain
• Korean: 괴롭히다 (goerophida) — cause to suffer pain
• Portuguese: angustiar — cause to suffer pain
• Romanian: chinui — cause to suffer pain
• Russian: терза́ть (terzátʹ) — cause to suffer pain
• Russian: изводи́ть (izvodítʹ) — cause to suffer pain
• Spanish: angustiar — cause to suffer pain
• Thai: ทรมาน (tɔɔ-rá-maan) — cause to suffer pain
• Thai: ทําให้เจ็บปวด (tam-hâi-jèp-bpùuat) — cause to suffer pain
• Ukrainian: терза́ти (terzáty) — cause to suffer pain