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Word: Anguished
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century: past participle of anguish (verb) in the rare sense ‘distress with severe mental or physical pain’, from Old French anguissier, from ecclesiastical Latin angustiare ‘to distress’, from Latin angustia
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaŋɡwɪʃt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain or suffering
Short Definition:experiencing or expressing severe mental or physical pain
Examples:- he gave an anguished cry
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