Meaning
distress; torment
- to cause strong anxiety
- to trouble deeply
- to make someone feel anguish
In a sentence
L'attesa mi angoscia molto.
The waiting distresses me a lot.
Ti angoscia questa situazione?
Does this situation distress you?
La notizia non mi angoscia più.
The news doesn't distress me anymore.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| angosciare | infinitive |
| angoscio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| angosci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| angoscia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| angosciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| angosciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| angosciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| angosciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| angosciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| angosciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| angosciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| angosciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| angosciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| angosciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| angosciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| angosciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| angosciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| angosciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| angosciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| angoscerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| angoscerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| angoscerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| angosceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| angoscerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| angosceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| angosci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| angosci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| angosci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| angosciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| angosciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| angoscino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| angosciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| angosciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| angosciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| angosciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| angosciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| angosciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| angoscerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| angosceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| angoscerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| angosceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| angoscereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| angoscerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| angoscia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| angosciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| angosciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| angosciando | gerund |
| angosciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually transitive: qualcosa angoscia qualcuno.
- More intense than preoccupare.
- Often used in passive or participial forms: sono angosciato.