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Definition of Anguished
1. Adjective. Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain. "A tortured witness to another's humiliation"
Definition of Anguished
1. Verb. (past of anguish) ¹
2. Adjective. Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anguished
1. anguish [v] - See also: anguish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anguished
Literary usage of Anguished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"... And chattering wood and murmuring hill Echo with joy the thundering. —From J.
Pollen's Rhymes from the Russian. I suffer still from anguished longing ..."
2. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1919)
"... of all church property would bring forth an anguished wail for constitutional
protection, yet where is the distinction in principle between that and the ..."
3. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious and by Charles Buck (1833)
"It being recorded in the Ecclesiastical History, that Pope Stephen VII., chosen
in 896, caused his predecessor anguished their party. ..."
4. The Psalms of Israel in Rhymed English Metre by Melancthon Woolsey Stryker (1915)
"Pallid and anguished, still I cling to Thee, Whom to know well is immortality.
KEPT quite of heart, 0 Lord, I summon Thee; Deliver, in my soul's simplicity! ..."