See anguish in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A state of physical or mental suffering:
affliction, agony, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy
verb
To bring great harm or suffering to:
afflict, agonize, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture. See attack, help
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