Definitions for anguished

anguished an·guished

Spelling: [ang-gwisht]
IPA: /ˈæŋ gwɪʃt/

Anguished is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 528 anagrams from letters in anguished (adeghinsu).

Definitions for anguished

noun

  1. excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain:

adjective

  1. feeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish.
  2. resulting from or produced by anguish.

verb (used with object)

  1. to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain.

verb (used without object)

  1. to suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish:

Origin of anguished

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at anguish, -ed3

Examples for anguished

She lifted her anguished eyes and looked into his beautiful face.

In the end, shocks like these gradually roused him from his anguished abstraction.

“If You Had My Love” was silky-smooth with just the right amount of anguished yearning.

After a great deal of anguished consideration, and at great personal risk, I have decided to come forward and reveal my secret.

He looked kind of mottled and anguished, but I guess he'll pull around all right.

She crouched on her cot of spruce boughs in anguished misery.

Whether it continues is now the subject of anguished debate among officials in Washington and European.

Often they may live peaceably, anguished with doubt, and distressed for humanity.

The kind that involve zero anguished relatives screaming into the uncaring airport terminal void.

There are slideshows, graphics, interactive maps, heartbreaking narratives, anguished family members.

Word Value for anguished
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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