MENTAL ANGUISH Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the phrase mental anguish. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the phrase mental anguish. (close relations)

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Definition of MENTAL ANGUISH


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	agony				nounn
	noun • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a state of acute pain
	anguish				nounn
	noun • extreme mental distress • extreme distress of body or mind verb • suffer great pains or distress • cause emotional anguish or make miserable
	despair				nounn
	noun • a state in which all hope is lost or absent • the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well verb • abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
	distress				nounn
	noun • psychological suffering • a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) • extreme physical pain • the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim verb • bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship • cause mental pain to
	heartache				nounn
	noun • intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
	misery				nounn
	noun • a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune • a feeling of intense unhappiness
	pain				nounn
	noun • a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder • emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid • a somatic sensation of acute discomfort • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness verb • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed • cause emotional anguish or make miserable
	sorrow				nounn
	noun • an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment • something that causes great unhappiness • the state of being sad verb • feel grief
	suffering				nounn
	noun • a state of acute pain • misery resulting from affliction • psychological suffering • feelings of mental or physical pain adjective satellite • troubled by pain or loss • very unhappy; full of misery
	torment				verb, nounv, n
	noun • unbearable physical pain • extreme mental distress • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented • a severe affliction • the act of harassing someone verb • torment emotionally or mentally • treat cruelly • subject to torture
	torture				verb, nounv, n
	noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture

Here is a list of related hypernyms for mental anguish, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.

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