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anguishing

anguishing is the present participle and gerund of anguish.

Meaning of anguish

Verb

anguish (third-person singular simple present anguishes, present participle anguishing, simple past and past participle anguished)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer pain.
    • We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.c. 1900s, Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song, traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland
  2. (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.

See all 5 meanings of anguish

Noun

anguishing (countable and uncountable, plural anguishings)

  1. A feeling or expression of anguish.

Adjective

anguishing (comparative more anguishing, superlative most anguishing)

  1. causing anguish

Forms of anguishing

Noun
pluralanguishings
Adjective
comparativemore anguishing
superlativemost anguishing

Questions about anguishing

What does anguishing mean?
Anguishing means a feeling or expression of anguish.
What is anguishing the present participle and gerund of?
Anguishing is the present participle and gerund of anguish.
What part of speech is anguishing?
Anguishing can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of anguishing?
The plural of anguishing is anguishings.

Words near anguishing in the dictionary

  1. anguish
  2. anguished
  3. anguishedly
  4. anguishes
  5. anguishful
  6. anguishing
  7. anguishings
  8. anguishless
  9. anguishly
  10. anguishment
  11. anguishments

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