غَنْظٌ

[a verbal noun: used as a simple subst.,] Grief, or distress, synonym كَرْبٌ, (IDrd, S, O, K, TA,) as also ↓ غَنَظٌ, (IDrd, O,) and مَشَقَّةٌ, (TA,) [or] such as is vehement, (TA,) [or] such as is most vehement: (S, TA:) and, (K,) according to IF, (O,) constant anxiety; (O, K;) as also ↓ غَنَظٌ: (K:) and, (K,) according to AO, (S, O,) a man's being at the point of death (S, O, K) by reason of distress, or grief, and then escaping therefrom. (S, O.) It is related of 'Omar Ibn-'Abd-el-'Azeez, that he mentioned death, and said, غَنْظٌ لَيْسَ كَالغَنْظِ وَكَظٌّ لَيْسَ كَالكَظِّ [i. e. Distress, &c., that is not like other distress, &c., and grief, &c., that is not like other grief, &c.: see كَظٌّ]. (S, O.) [See also غِنَاظٌ.]