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present participle of anguish
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1
to cause persistent suffering to
- she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war
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- aggravating,
- agitating,
- annoying,
- bothering,
- bugging,
- chafing,
- distressing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- griping,
- hagriding,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- irking,
- irritating,
- molesting,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pestering,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- rasping,
- riling,
- vexing
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2
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
- I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards
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