οδύνη — meaning in English

English meaning

• agony noun Extreme physical pain or mental suffering.
• anguish noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
• grief noun Deep sorrow, especially caused by loss or bereavement.
• pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.

Senses

οδύνη is used for these senses in English:

• agony Extreme pain.
• anguish Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
• grief Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]
• pain (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress

anguish — full definition

1. noun Severe mental or physical suffering, often caused by grief, loss, or distress.
2. verb To suffer or cause severe mental distress.

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