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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats