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   anguish

   /ˈaŋɡwɪʃ/

   noun

   • 1. severe mental or physical pain or suffering: "she shut her eyes in anguish"

   verb

   • 1. be extremely distressed about something: "I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I'd made the right decision"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin angustia ‘tightness’, (plural) ‘straits, distress’, from angustus ‘narrow’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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