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- [ang-gwisht]
- /ˈæŋ gwɪʃt/
- /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
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- [ang-gwisht]
- /ˈæŋ gwɪʃt/
Definitions of anguished word
- adjective anguished Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain. 3
- adjective anguished feeling or expressing anguish 3
- adjective anguished feeling anguish 3
- adjective anguished showing or resulting from anguish 3
- adjective anguished feeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish. 1
- adjective anguished resulting from or produced by anguish. 1
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Origin of anguished
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at anguish, -ed3
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Parts of speech for Anguished
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
anguished popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
anguished usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for anguished
adj anguished
- heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
- distressed — afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- cheerless — Cheerless places or weather are dull and depressing.
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
verb anguished
- chafe — If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- agonize — If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- fume — of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.
adjective anguished
- agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
Antonyms for anguished
adj anguished
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- joyful — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- merry — full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit: a merry little man.
- wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
verb anguished
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
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