ANGUISHED

anguished, tormented, tortured

(adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; “an anguished conscience”; “a small tormented schoolboy”; “a tortured witness to another’s humiliation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

anguished

simple past tense and past participle of anguish

Adjective

anguished (comparative more anguished, superlative most anguished)

Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.

Source: Wiktionary


ANGUISH

An"guish, n. Etym: [OE. anguishe, anguise, angoise, F. angoisse, fr. L. angustia narrowness, difficulty, distress, fr. angustus narrow, difficult, fr. angere to press together. See Anger.]

Definition: Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9. Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.

Note: Rarely used in the plural: - Ye miserable people, you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him. Latimer.

Syn.

– Agony; pang; torture; torment. See Agony.

An"guish, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. angoisser, fr. L. angustiare.]

Definition: To distress with extreme pain or grief. [R.] Temple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 April 2025

ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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