angor

[ ang-ger ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

1. extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
2. angina.

Word History and Origins

Origin of angor¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: suffocation. See anger

Example Sentences

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From Washington Post

Karnak Temple, a vast complex that is the second largest ancient religious site in the world after Cambodia’s Angor Wat, is just one of the pharaonic treasures that once made Luxor a prime destination.

From Washington Times

Karnak Temple, a vast complex that is the second largest ancient religious site in the world after Cambodia's Angor Wat, is just one of the pharaonic treasures that once made Luxor a prime destination.

From US News

And to know that you also walk in the footsteps of all the pilgrims who followed, those who wished to feel Socrates with their feet, to stand in the same Senate as Mark Anthony, to feel the immensity of Angor Wat.

From Time

Then she unleashed her band for the upbeat, chugging Week of Pines, with harp and electric guitar working remarkably well together; before switching direction yet again, with the sturdy and melodic Welsh-language sea shanty, Codi Angor.

From The Guardian