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- Dictionaryanguished/ˈaŋɡwɪʃt/
adjective
- 1. experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering: "he gave an anguished cry"
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having or showing extreme physical or mental suffering: an anguished cry. The anguished song at the end was beautiful. See. anguish. Fewer examples. The woman was clearly anguished by the loss of her husband of 40 years. They spoke in anguished voices. He let out a great anguished wail of despair. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of ANGUISHED is suffering anguish : tormented. How to use anguished in a sentence.
Anguished definition: feeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish. . See examples of ANGUISHED used in a sentence.
verb. anguished; anguishing; anguishes. intransitive verb. : to suffer anguish. He anguished over his failure. transitive verb. : to cause to suffer anguish. a heart that had been anguished with sorrow. Synonyms. Noun. affliction. agony. distress. excruciation. hurt. misery. pain. rack. strait (s) torment. torture.
extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering: His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear. In her anguish she forgot to leave a message. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strong feelings. afire. agonized. all-consuming. anguished. ardently. fit to burst idiom. flamingly. fulminating. grip. heart-stopping.
having or showing extreme physical or mental suffering: an anguished cry. The anguished song at the end was beautiful. See. anguish. Fewer examples. The woman was clearly anguished by the loss of her husband of 40 years. They spoke in anguished voices. He let out a great anguished wail of despair. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief. Synonyms: torture, torment, agony. Antonyms: relief, comfort, delight. verb (used with object) to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain. verb (used without object) to suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish: to anguish over the loss of a loved one. anguish. / ˈæŋɡwɪʃ /
Define anguished. anguished synonyms, anguished pronunciation, anguished translation, English dictionary definition of anguished. adj. Feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish: anguished victims of the earthquake; anguished screams for help.
Definition of anguished adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. experiencing intense pain especially mental pain. “an anguished conscience”. synonyms: tormented, tortured. sorrowful. experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss.
