Synonyms of anguished

anguished 1 of 2

adjective

as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning

an anguished cry

the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weeping
• mournful
• heartbroken
• funeral
• grieving
• wailing
• bitter
• agonized
• tearful
• sorrowful
• aching
• sad
• plaintive
• melancholy
• unhappy
• regretful
• doleful
• sorry
• lamentable
• lugubrious
• crying
• depressed
• rueful
• dolorous
• somber
• plangent
• woeful
• funereal
• bleak
• dark
• bewailing
• morbid
• deploring
• bemoaning
• dejected
• keening
• disconsolate
• heartsick
• elegiac
• pathetic
• dispirited
• dolesome
• despondent
• miserable
• inconsolable
• downcast
• crestfallen
• moody
• forlorn
• groaning
• woebegone
• darkening
• gloomy
• careworn
• desolate
• moaning
• brokenhearted
• glum
• bleeding
• suffering
• howling
• sullen
• sombre
• piteous
• black
• morose
• downhearted
• cheerless
• elegiacal
• gray
• grey
• pessimistic
• heartsore
• wretched
• joyless
• bawling
• low-spirited
• low
• dirgelike
• saturnine
• dismal
• comfortless
• dreary
• triste
• yammering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• triumphant
• happy
• joyful
• cheerful
• delighted
• smiling
• bright
• cheery
• laughing
• joyous
• rejoicing
• exulting
• merry
• blissful
• mirthful
• buoyant
• hopeful
• optimistic
• blithe
• jolly
• encouraging
• lighthearted
• glorying
• cheering
• ecstatic
• rapturous
• giddy
• rhapsodic
• euphoric
• heady
• jocund
• blithesome
• exhilarated
• elated
• rhapsodical

anguished

2 of 2

verb

past tense of anguish

1

as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to

she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plagued
• afflicted
• persecuted
• tortured
• tormented
• agonized
• besieged
• cursed
• troubled
• attacked
• bothered
• harrowed
• bedeviled
• beset
• racked
• stung
• disturbed
• overwhelmed
• excruciated
• exasperated
• annoyed
• struck
• worried
• irritated
• aggravated
• agitated
• pursued
• distressed
• pained
• vexed
• assailed
• upset
• grieved
• harried
• harassed
• oppressed
• disquieted
• dogged
• peeved
• irked
• flustered
• perturbed
• stressed
• hounded
• hurt
• discomforted
• badgered
• riled
• nettled
• tried
• molested
• victimized
• chafed
• pestered
• rid
• stabbed
• griped
• strained
• rasped
• discomposed
• bugged
• grated
• rode
• piqued
• galled
• tyrannized
• crushed
• put out
• overpowered
• pricked
• martyred
• smarted
• smote
• panged
• vext
• wrung
• got
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisted
• helped
• aided
• relieved
• abetted
• delivered
• released
• comforted
• contented
• soothed
• consoled
• quieted
• reprieved
• solaced
• succored

2

as in grieved

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieved
• mourned
• ached
• sighed
• agonized
• cried
• sorrowed
• sobbed
• wept
• suffered
• hurt
• tormented
• groaned
• tortured
• bled
• ate one's heart out
• moaned
• smarted
• bewailed
• tore one's hair
• lamented
• howled
• longed (for)
• racked
• blubbered
• deplored
• bemoaned
• regretted
• wailed
• bawled
• keened
• pined (away)
• languished
• yowled
• rued
• yammered
• took on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughed
• delighted
• cheered
• rejoiced
• exulted
• ravished
• beamed
• triumphed
• gloried
• crowed
• assured
• comforted
• reassured
• sympathized
• consoled
• soothed
• joyed
• solaced
• commiserated