Translation
anguish, distress, anxiety
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Word origin
From Latin angustia ('narrowness, tightness'), from angustus ('narrow'), from angere ('to choke, to press tight').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- angustia
- English cognates
- anguish, anxiety, anger
Grammar
Examples
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She felt a deep anguish before the exam.
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The waiting filled me with distress.
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What anguish it is to hear nothing from them!
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He lived through the weeks of the illness in distress.
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Why do you feel so much anxiety about the future?
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 43, lesson 3: angustia, hipócrita, bailarín and 7 more words.