Word

anguish, v.
(anguished, anguishes, anguishing)

cause emotional anguish or make miserable
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

anguish hurt pain

sample sentences

"It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

anguish anguish

semantic pointers

hypernym

upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit

cause

hyponym

break someone's heart agonize, agonise try torture, torment, excruciate, rack

suffer great pains or distress
<verb.emotion>

anguish

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Sam and Sue %s over the results of the experiment

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym