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anguished

[ang-gwisht]

adjective

  1. feeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish.

  2. resulting from or produced by anguish.



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/ ˈæŋɡɪʃ /

adjective

  1. feeling or expressing anguish

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Other Word Forms

  • nonanguished adjective
  • unanguished adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anguished1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; anguish, -ed 3
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Many have camped outside the hospital- in cars or on the streets - their anguished cries echoing through the corridors.

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The family returned, resigned and anguished, having to face their greatest fear: being separated and deported.

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For 19 months of war, and now under a renewed Israeli offensive, this local cameraman - who I do not name, for his safety - has listened to the anguished cries of the survivors in hospital courtyards.

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Five years of anguished legal battles came down to a difficult disagreement - but not one that the courts could find amounted to a "stitch-up".

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How the hard-edge Joel from Season 1 became the softly anguished therapy patient of Season 2.

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