All anguished synonyms
anΒ·guished
A a verb anguished
adj anguished
- adverse β Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
- deathly β If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
- hapless β unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
- ill-fated β destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- ruinous β bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- crushing β A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- heart-rending β causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- ill-starred β doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- disturbed β marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
- ill at ease β of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- sore β suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: He is sore because of all that exercise.
- stiff β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- worn β past participle of wear.
- aching β causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
- comfortless β to soothe, console, or reassure; bring cheer to: They tried to comfort her after her loss.
- smarting β to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- chafed β to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
- disquieted β lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
- galled β to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back.
- vexed β irritated; annoyed: vexed at the slow salesclerks.
- wracked β Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- alarmed β If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- bothered β worried or concerned
- fidgety β restless; impatient; uneasy.
- fretful β disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- irascible β easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- jumpy β subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
- on edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- peevish β cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
- perplexed β bewildered; puzzled: a perplexed state of mind.
- perturbed β to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- restive β impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- shaken β to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- worried β having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- wrung β simple past tense and past participle of wring.
- constrained β embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
- unquiet β agitated; restless; disordered; turbulent: unquiet times.
- dismayed β to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- harassed β stressed, tormented
- on the qui vive β on the qui vive, on the alert; watchful: Special guards were on the qui vive for trespassers.
- palpitant β affected or characterized by palpitation.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- disgraceful β bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- heartrending β causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- inadequate β not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.