as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
an anguished cry the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow
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as in plagued
to cause persistent suffering to
she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war
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as in grieved
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards
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Recent Examples of anguished
Kc Baker, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At the time, Gates’s message barely registered, whereas the speeches this spring led to a prolonged cycle of anguished debate.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
The vice president’s anguished and inordinately diplomatic communiqué read like a love letter to two feuding parents.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 June 2025
After all, what would be more appropriate for our moment than a franchise movie that devolves into a series of anguished and disjointed screams?
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Adjective
Seeing how anguished her parents were, Angelica decided to do something about it.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At the time, Gates’s message barely registered, whereas the speeches this spring led to a prolonged cycle of anguished debate.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
The vice president’s anguished and inordinately diplomatic communiqué read like a love letter to two feuding parents.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 June 2025
After all, what would be more appropriate for our moment than a franchise movie that devolves into a series of anguished and disjointed screams?
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anguished
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Verb
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By surviving more than 3,500 cycles, the material demonstrated an unusually high degree of durability for this class of batteries, which are often plagued by rapid capacity fade.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Yet, the industry is plagued by low wages and high turnover rates.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Devon Mostert, the wife of NFL running back Raheem Mostert, grieved the assassination of conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Others grieved the loss of what could have been.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lush cellos and mournful piano trills coexist with the overall less-is-more sound.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, the discreetly mournful compositions of Giorgio Matteo and Aki Oliviero’s score hover politely on the periphery of the (in)action, careful not to intrude.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Griffin, who does clinical work in Long Island, New York, said his sister-in-law is in her 40s and quite wary of long COVID, the enduring, debilitating health issues that have afflicted millions of Americans who contracted the coronavirus.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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But Thomas was afflicted by health troubles on the 26-56 Nets last year.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Leaders from around the world mourned the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated at a Utah university Wednesday.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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Kurek mourned both his friend and the end of 241.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And utterly heartbroken for Charlie’s young family.—
Amanda Castro
Gabe Whisnant
Anna Commander
Toby Meyjes
Shane Croucher
John Feng
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The woman noted that canceling the shower has left her heartbroken.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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More and more, people who have loyally served Putin’s system are being persecuted, mainly on the grounds of corruption.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Molero and her husband arrived in the United States in 2003, fleeing after they were persecuted for working alongside opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Anguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anguished. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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