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Past tense of anguish

regular verb

The past tense of anguish is anguished. The past participle is also anguished.

Forms of anguish

Base form (V1)anguish /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Past tense (V2)anguished
Past participle (V3)anguished
Present participleanguishing
Third person singularanguishes

Anguished in a sentence

  • Because you kill me like this, so gently– I unexpectedly become anguished.2008, Hayashi Naotaka, “Prologue”, in Chaos;Head. From the entry boring
  • Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far too close to home for him to comfortably endure.2006 April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry close to home
  • “Et tu, Brute?” he cried in anguished accents, letting his head fall back into the girl’s lap.1926, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mad King. From the entry et tu, Brute
  • I YouTubed him, revealing another ghastly microphone-gripping, anguished nasal wailer.2015 April 21, Bob Jones, “Appetite for quirky fulfilled”, in Wanganui Chronicle, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2015. From the entry YouTube
  • I am anguished to see the author, a votary of Hindutva restraining himself, advising Hindutva phobians to shed off their protest.2001, BJP Today - Volume 10, page 32. From the entry phobian

Meaning of anguish

  1. noun Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; an emotional state caused by intense misery or suffering.
  2. verb To suffer pain.
  3. verb To cause to suffer pain.

Full definition of anguish

Questions about the past tense of anguish

What is the past tense of anguish?
The past tense of anguish is anguished.
What is the past participle of anguish?
The past participle of anguish is anguished.
Is anguish a regular or irregular verb?
Anguish is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anguish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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