Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Affected by anguish; expressing or caused by anguish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of anguish.
  • adjective Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

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Examples

  • His expression anguished, he rested one hand on her head, the other tightly covering her nape, guiding her head back.

    Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010

  • If we are all ‘artists-as-citizens’, and we go about our days perceiving that unique, vast ‘picture’ of our own description, then we will have always lived as artists, here, in anguished times!

    Think Progress » To Justify Hypocritical Attacks, Rudy Giuliani Claims The Shoe Bomber’s Attempted Attack Happened Before 9/11 2010

  • Now, each time she calls her anguished daughter " You sweet girl, " your flesh crawls, just as it ' s supposed to.

    ' Joe Morgenstern 2010

  • As Paul says, all creation groans in anguished anticipation of the day when God's glory will transfigure all things.

    Medpundit 2005

  • As Paul says, all creation groans in anguished anticipation of the day when God's glory will transfigure all things.

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

  • The king’s tracer tossed and turned, his expression anguished.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • The king’s tracer tossed and turned, his expression anguished.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • The king’s tracer tossed and turned, his expression anguished.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • The king’s tracer tossed and turned, his expression anguished.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

  • The king’s tracer tossed and turned, his expression anguished.

    Sent Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009

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