Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of anguish
adjectiveanguished (comparative more anguished, superlative most anguished)
comparative more anguished · superlative most anguished
- Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
Horror grips us as we watch you die / All we can do is echo your anguished cries / Stare as all human feelings die / We are leaving, you don't need us.
1969, “Wooden Ships”, Paul Kantner, Stephen Stills (lyrics), David Crosby (music)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish tuskainen
- tuskainenexperiencing extreme discomfort
German schmerzgeplagt
- schmerzgeplagtexperiencing extreme discomfort
Irish pianpháiseach, léanmhar
- pianpháiseachexperiencing extreme discomfort
- léanmharexperiencing extreme discomfort
Persian نگران
- نگران (negarân)experiencing extreme discomfort
Portuguese angustiado, agoniado
- angustiadoexperiencing extreme discomfort
- agoniadoexperiencing extreme discomfort
Russian страда́ющий
- страда́ющий (stradájuščij)experiencing extreme discomfort
Spanish angustiado, acongojado
- angustiadoexperiencing extreme discomfort
- acongojadoexperiencing extreme discomfort
- atribuladoexperiencing extreme discomfort
Swedish ängslig
- ängsligexperiencing extreme discomfort
Cite this entry
APA
anguished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anguished
MLA
“anguished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anguished. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anguished,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anguished.
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