All 16 Uses of
anguish
in
The Idiot
- There is his sentence, and with it that terrible certainty that he cannot possibly escape death—which, I consider, must be the most dreadful anguish in the world.†
Chpt 1.2 *anguish = extreme pain, suffering, or distress
- Doubtless there may be men who have been sentenced, who have suffered this mental anguish for a while and then have been reprieved; perhaps such men may have been able to relate their feelings afterwards.†
Chpt 1.2
- Our Lord Christ spoke of this anguish and dread.†
Chpt 1.2
- You are delirious—" Oh, what shall we do with him she cried in anguish, as she made him sit down again in the arm-chair.†
Chpt 2.10
- "I wrote, and I say to you once more, that she is not in her right mind," said the prince, who had listened with anguish to what Rogojin said.†
Chpt 3.3
- This was the presentment of a poor mangled body which had evidently suffered unbearable anguish even before its crucifixion, full of wounds and bruises, marks of the violence of soldiers and people, and of the bitterness of the moment when He had fallen with the cross—all this combined with the anguish of the actual crucifixion.†
Chpt 3.6
- This was the presentment of a poor mangled body which had evidently suffered unbearable anguish even before its crucifixion, full of wounds and bruises, marks of the violence of soldiers and people, and of the bitterness of the moment when He had fallen with the cross—all this combined with the anguish of the actual crucifixion.†
Chpt 3.6
- The picture was one of pure nature, for the face was not beautified by the artist, but was left as it would naturally be, whosoever the sufferer, after such anguish.†
Chpt 3.6
- His heart ached with anguish.†
Chpt 3.10
- But from spiritual thirst, from anguish of longing for higher things, for dry firm land, for foothold on a fatherland which they never believed in because they never knew it.†
Chpt 4.7
- Such is our anguish of thirst!†
Chpt 4.7
- "I came into this room with anguish in my heart," continued the prince, with ever-growing agitation, speaking quicker and quicker, and with increasing strangeness.†
Chpt 4.7
- "Yes, yes, you are quite right again," said the poor prince, in anguish of mind.†
Chpt 4.9
- As before, he crossed the street and watched the windows from the other side, walking up and down in anguish of soul for half an hour or so in the stifling heat.†
Chpt 4.11
- In spite of the kindly-meant consolations of his new friends, the prince walked to his hotel in inexpressible anguish of spirit, through the hot, dusty streets, aimlessly staring at the faces of those who passed him.†
Chpt 4.11
- A new sensation came over him, filling his heart and soul with infinite anguish.†
Chpt 4.11
Definition:
extreme pain, suffering, or distress (of body or mind)