Associations to the word «Anguished»

Wiktionary

ANGUISHED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of anguish
ANGUISHED, adjective. Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.

Dictionary definition

ANGUISHED, adjective. Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.