Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ANGUISHED
anguished, tormented, tortured
(adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; “an anguished conscience”; “a small tormented schoolboy”; “a tortured witness to another’s humiliation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
anguished
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
Adjective
anguished (comparative more anguished, superlative most anguished)
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
Source: Wiktionary
ANGUISH
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
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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