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an⋅guished

   [ang-gwisht]
–adjective
1. feeling, showing, or accompanied by anguish.
2. resulting from or produced by anguish.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see anguish, -ed 3
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an·guish     (āng'gwĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment. See Synonyms at regret.
v.   an·guished, an·guish·ing, an·guish·es

v.   tr.
To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
v.   intr.
To feel or suffer anguish.

[Middle English angwisshe, from Old French anguisse, from Latin angustiae, distress, from angustus, narrow; see angh- in Indo-European roots.]
an·guished     (āng'gwĭsht)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Feeling, expressing, or caused by anguish: anguished victims of the earthquake; anguished screams for help.
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anguished

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

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