anguishes

Experiences severe distress

Anguishes is the plural of anguish or its verb form.

Anguish is severe mental or physical suffering—the kind that grips and overwhelms: the anguishes of grief, a mother's anguishes over her missing child.

To anguish is to suffer or cause such pain: She anguishes over every decision.

The word suggests torment deeper than ordinary worry or hurt.

suffering

agony

Extreme physical or emotional pain

  • painBodily or emotional distress
  • miseryIntense prolonged distress
  • tormentSevere prolonged suffering

affliction · ordeal · tribulation · trauma · hardship · adversity · struggle · plight · woe · ache

grief

mourning

Period following loss

loss · lamentation · despair · woe · melancholy · sadness · grieving · desolation · tears · remorse

anxiety

dread

Intense anticipatory fear

  • tormentSevere prolonged suffering
  • worryTroubled mental state
  • fearEmotional response to threat

apprehension · trepidation · distress · panic · agitation · unease · nervousness · restlessness · turmoil · fretfulness

intensity

excruciating

Causing extreme suffering

acute · deep-seated · searing · consuming · wrenching · gut-wrenching · soul-crushing · harrowing · piercing · rending

Opposites
emotional state

anguishesjoys

Feelings of great pleasure

ecstasies · blisses · raptures · delights · elations

inner peace vs. turmoil

anguishespeaces

States of non-conflict

serenities · tranquilities · calms · equanimities · quietudes

Phrases
Family

anguish, anguished, anguishing

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