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Spell Bee Word: Anguish

Anguish (noun): very great pain or sorrow, of the body or the mind.

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What does anguish mean?

Word: Anguish

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Anguish means very great pain or sorrow, of the body or the mind.

Synonyms: agony, torment, distress, misery

Antonyms: joy, delight

How do you spell anguish?

Syllables: an - guish

Tricky part: The gu is said like gw, but it is written with a u. Students write angwish or leave the u out.

Watch out for: angwish, angish

Memory tip: Anguish uses the same gu as language and penguin, where the u makes a w sound.

Anguish in a sentence

Example 1: The mother's anguish ended when her lost son was found at the railway station.

Example 2: He cried out in anguish when he twisted his ankle.

Example 3: The farmers watched in anguish as the hailstorm flattened their crop.

Fun Fact

Anguish comes from Latin angustia, tightness. The word first described a squeezed, choking feeling.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

anguish

a) relief
b) despair
c) grief
d) heartache

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a) relief. Relief is the feeling when pain ends, so it is the opposite of anguish.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) distinguish
b) extinguish
c) anguesh
d) linguist

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c) anguesh. Anguish ends with uish, just as distinguish does, so anguesh is the slip.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

guahisn

a) languish
b) anguish
c) washing
d) anguished

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b) anguish. Seven letters, and anguish takes every one; languish needs an l, washing a w, anguished an e and a d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these events would bring a family real anguish?

a) a small scratch on the knee
b) a bus that is slightly late
c) losing a much-loved pet
d) a rainy afternoon at home

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c) losing a much-loved pet

2. In 'He cried out in anguish', anguish is used as a ____.

a) adverb
b) verb
c) noun
d) adjective

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c) noun

Associated Words

Words that end in -ish: blemish, diminish, outlandish, cherish, burnish, demolish

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: agony, distress, misery, joy, delight

More words from this list

cheapen, defence, excess, honourable, microbe, preferable, statistician, vocational

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