Obs. rare. [a. OFr. angoissement, f. angoissier: see ANGUISH v. and -MENT.] Torment, torturing; severe suffering.
1592. Wyrley, Armorie, 129. When we are with anguishment distrest.
1655. H. Vaughan, Silex Scint., I. (1858), 33. His Agonie And moving anguishments.
