The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
anguish, torment, torture
(noun) extreme mental distress
anguish
(noun) extreme distress of body or mind
pain, anguish, hurt
(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable; “It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school”
anguish
(verb) suffer great pains or distress
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anguish (countable and uncountable, plural anguishes)
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
Synonyms: agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment, Thesaurus:agony
anguish (third-person singular simple present anguishes, present participle anguishing, simple past and past participle anguished)
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
Anguish
A surname.
(rare) A male given name
Source: Wiktionary
An"guish, n. Etym: [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.]
Definition: Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.
Note: Rarely used in the plural: - Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer.
Syn.
– Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.
An"guish, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.]
Definition: To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.