What does angoscia in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word angoscia in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use angoscia in Italian.

The word angoscia in Italian means anguish, stress, distress, stress, angst, anguish, distress, worry. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word angoscia

anguish, stress

sostantivo femminile (forte stato d'ansia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La madre del bambino scomparso era in preda all'angoscia.
The mother of the missing child was full of anguish.

distress, stress

sostantivo femminile (psicologia: stato nevrotico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Maria soffre di angoscia, per questo prende dei farmaci.
Maria suffers with stress, which is why she takes medication.

angst

sostantivo femminile (filosofia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il professore interrogò la classe sul tema dell'angoscia in Kierkegaard.
The professor quizzed the class on the theme of angst in Kierkegaard.

anguish, distress

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (affliggere)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il pensiero di poter perdere il fidanzato in guerra la angosciava.

worry

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (angustiarsi)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Non ha senso angosciarsi per qualcosa che non è ancora accaduto.

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