Definition of anguishing Anguishing
/æˈŋgwɪʃɪŋ/ - [anggwishing] -
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What does anguishing mean?
Wiktionary 
- anguishing (Verb)
Present participle of anguish.
Part of speech
🔤- anguishing, verb, gerund of anguish (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: anguishes |
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| anguish - extreme mental distress | ||
| torment, torture | ||
| distress, suffering, hurt the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" | ||
| anguish - extreme distress of body or mind | ||
| distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" | ||
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| anguish - suffer great pains or distress | ||
| suffer feel pain or be in pain | ||
| anguish - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" | ||
| pain, hurt | ||
| discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" | ||
| break someone's heart cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend" | ||
| agonise, agonize suffer agony or anguish | ||
| try melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" | ||
| excruciate, torture, torment, rack subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- anguish (n.)
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. - anguish (v. t.)
To distress with extreme pain or grief.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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anguish
Extreme mental distress.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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anguish
ang′gwish, n. excessive pain of body or mind: agony.—n. Ang′uishment. [O. Fr. angoisse—L. angustia, a strait, straitness—ang-u-ĕre, to press tightly: to strangle. See Anger.]
