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adjectivefeeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish. resulting from or produced by anguish. Origin of anguishedMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at anguish, -ed3 OTHER WORDS FROM anguishednon·an·guished, adjectiveun·an·guished, adjectiveWords nearby anguishedAnguier, Anguilla, anguilliform, anguine, anguish, anguished, angular, angular acceleration, angular artery, angular cheilitis, angular curvature Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anguishedThe work starts with a famously anguished opening melody and ends with a major-key tutti celebration. Why Beethoven’s 5th Symphony matters in 2020|Charlie Harding|September 25, 2020|Vox Whether it continues is now the subject of anguished debate among officials in Washington and European. U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS|Jamie Dettmer|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are slideshows, graphics, interactive maps, heartbreaking narratives, anguished family members. The Malaysian Air Tragedy Reawakens a Primal Fear|Kelly Williams Brown|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST “If You Had My Love” was silky-smooth with just the right amount of anguished yearning. Jennifer Lopez’s ‘A.K.A.’ Is Terrible. What Happened to Her Music?|Kevin Fallon|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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British Dictionary definitions for anguished
adjectivefeeling or expressing anguish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to anguishedwretched, gloomy, tragic, pathetic, sad, forlorn, fateful, miserable, dreadful, deadly, calamitous, unfortunate, pitiful, fatal, harrowing, painful, grievous, cataclysmic, disastrous, dire |