Regina [regi-na]â¼ as a girls' name is pronounced re-JEEN-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Regina is queen. Appeared at the end of the Victorian era, possibly because Her Majesty was often known as Victoria Regina. May also be used as reference to the Virgin Mary, Regina Coelis, Queen of the Heavens.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Anguish is a term used in philosophy, often as a translation from the Latin for angst. It is a paramount feature of existentialist philosophy, in which anguish is often understood as the experience of an utterly free being in a world with zero absolutes.
SYNONYMY NOTE: distress implies mental or physical strain imposed by pain, trouble, worry, or the like and usually suggests a state or situation that can be relieved [distress caused by famine]; suffering stresses the actual enduring of pain, distress, or tribulation [the suffering of the wounded]; agony suggests mental or physical torment so excruciating that the body or mind is convulsed with the force of it [in mortal agony]; anguish has equal force but is more often applied to acute ...