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mental anguish

n. sustained dull painful emotion

Usage examples of "mental anguish".

This state of mental anguish is, however, less terrible than the sufferings that precede or the punishment that possibly will follow.

He appreciated this woman, and the sentiment of this appreciation, stirred by a display of something resembling emotion, only added another pang to his mental anguish.

The mental anguish of the ship's master went unnoticed by the other forty-two people on board.

In passing the Stanwyk house, Mungojerrie might have sensed the mental anguish, the spiritual agony, and the emotional pain of Father Tom Eliot&mdash.

Are you saying that the person does not feel physical pain, or does not feel the mental anguish that normally accompanies that pain or paralysis?

In passing the Stanwyk house, Mungojerrie might have sensed the mental anguish, the spiritual agony, and the emotional pain of Father Tom Eliotand might have felt compelled to bring deliverance to that suffering man.

In passing the Stanwyk house, Mungojerrie might have sensed the mental anguish, the spiritual agony, and the emotional pain of Father Tom Eliot—.