Anguish: The Two Sided Emotion
“In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish” (Qtd. in “Seventy Letters”) In more modern terms the poet Simone Weil had meant while being tormented by anguish one will never be at peace; the strife against anguish only brings about newer types of anguish. In the first place, when one thinks of the word “anguish” it is immediately connected to a very deep sadness due to death, but there are copious amounts of other considerations one could take. Ironically, the word anguish’s origin is from the year 1200 A.D. according to the (“Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology”) the word is derived from Old French, “Angoisse” meaning distress, torment and choking. Anguish is an intense emotion that can debilitating both mentally & physically.
Assuredly synonyms can have the same meaning or comparable meanings (like terms), typically they are not always an exact implication of one’s chosen abstract word needing extended definition. Nevertheless by implementing comparing and contrasting it helps the abstract noun become even more concrete, by reducing confusion between the related synonyms in this essay. Furthermore, undoubtedly heartbreak and anguish are correlated by mental suffering, on the other hand heartbreak generally is temporary and heals in time, yet anguish is a lifelong incapacitation both mentally and physically. For instance when you experience the typical high school break up where: both parties may be disgruntled for a time, then one day magically their wounds seem to have been healed and everything is back to normal. In addition anguish and hurting have a direct similarity when it comes to physical distress. Anguish in this contrast is very different from hurting. Consequently, anguish is mainly characterized as emotional inabilities along with physical woes. Yet on the contrary, there is one synonym that cuts it real close having an identical emotion...