Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of anguish
Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.
2007 January 2, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Kissinger’s Appearance Revives Memories of Vietnam Era”, in New York Times
nounanguishing (countable and uncountable, plural anguishings)
plural anguishings
- countableuncountableA feeling or expression of anguish.
adjectiveanguishing (comparative more anguishing, superlative most anguishing)
comparative more anguishing · superlative most anguishing
- causing anguish
Translations
Spanish angustioso, angustiante
- angustiosoTranslations
- angustianteTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
anguishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anguishing
MLA
“anguishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anguishing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anguishing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anguishing.
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