anguisht

Adjective

anguished (comparative more anguished, superlative most anguished)

1. Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
   • Horror grips us as we watch you die / All we can do is echo your anguished cries / Stare as all human feelings die / We are leaving, you don't need us.1969, “Wooden Ships”, Paul Kantner, Stephen Stills (lyrics), David Crosby (music)

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

   Synonyms:

   hurt, suffer, ache, agonize, pain, passion, thole, throe, wark, wring

2. (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.

   Synonyms:

   afflict, torment, ache, aggrieve, agonize, dere, excruciate, hurt, irritate, pang

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