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ANGUISHED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anguished mean?
• ANGUISHED (adjective)
The adjective ANGUISHED has 1 sense:
1. experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
Familiarity information: ANGUISHED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
Synonyms:
anguished; tormented; tortured
Context example:
a tortured witness to another's humiliation
Similar:
sorrowful (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss)
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