anguish
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of anguish
Synonyms for anguish
Synonym study
Antonyms for anguish
Related Words for anguishing
suffering, agonizing, harrowing, excruciating, torturing, painful, torturousExamples from the Web for anguishing
Contemporary Examples of anguishing
For all its anguishing, the Court is actually a bit-player here.
But there's a serious point here, and it extends well beyond the anguishing question of sexual assault.
I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing.
Historical Examples of anguishing
And, most anguishing of all, there was no chance that there was a mistake.
The Road to UnderstandingEleanor H. Porter
The wild steed sought to fling up his head to shake off this anguishing weight of seventy odd pounds.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-storiesAlbert Payson Terhune
An anguishing desire for the safe and wholesome Present usurped all this mad yearning to obtain the Past.
Incredible AdventuresAlgernon Blackwood
We resumed our seats, but had hardly done so, when a deep and most anguishing groan was heard, that pierced our very hearts.
Our audiences, as you will have gathered, were often critical folk who could sit with dry eyes through our most anguishing scenes.
The Secrets of a SavoyardHenry A. Lytton