anguish (anggwish)

[ guise, anguis, angui e, angoise, angus, etc., and for cruel bondage. When pain and anguish wring the brow, Ex. vi. 9. A ministering angel thou. Scott , Marmion, vi. 30. In the sternest of his [Achilles's) acts, we read only the anguish of his grief. De Quincey, Homer, iii. 2. An overwhelming emotion. [Rare.] He cried in an anguish of delight and gratitude. IMG:content-0760.png:[blocks in formation] I wish thou hadst not alighted so hastily and roughly; it hath shaken down a sheaf of thy hair; take heed thou sit not upon it, lest it anguish thee. Landor, Leofric and Godiva, p. 61. anguished (ang'gwisht), p. a. [Early mod. E. also anguisht, On thy cold forehead starts the anguished dew. Cole ridge, Death of Chatter ton. anguish oust, a. [Early mod. E., and mod. dial.,