anguish /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/verb 2noun 1forms 4 verb2 •To suffer pain.We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again. — 1900 •To cause to suffer pain. noun1 •Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; an emotional state caused by intense misery or suffering.It took years to overcome the anguish from my wife's death. formsanguished · anguisht · anguishing · anguishes