mass noun
- severe mental or physical pain or suffering（精神或肉体上的）极度痛苦; 剧痛：
she shut her eyes in anguish
她极为痛苦地闭上了眼睛
Philip gave a cry of anguish.
菲利普痛苦地大叫一声。
no obj.
- be extremely distressed about something感到痛苦：
I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I'd made the right decision.
在接下来的两个星期里, 我一直在为是否做出了正确决定而苦恼。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin angustia 'tightness'， (plural) 'straits， distress'， from angustus 'narrow'.