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The experienced writer says to the anguished novice: 'Just do it; get something, anything, on to the screen or page, just establish a flow of words, and criticise them later.' You give this advice but can't always take it.
Hilary Mantel

Meaning of "anguished" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANGUISHED

anguished  [ˈæŋɡwɪʃt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANGUISHED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anguished is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANGUISHED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of anguished in the English dictionary

The definition of anguished in the dictionary is feeling or expressing anguish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANGUISHED


accomplished
əˈkɒmplɪʃt
astonished
əˈstɒnɪʃt
cherished
ˈtʃɛrɪʃt
diminished
dɪˈmɪnɪʃt
distinguished
dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt
established
ɪˈstæblɪʃt
finished
ˈfɪnɪʃt
furnished
ˈfɜːnɪʃt
impoverished
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt
polished
ˈpɒlɪʃt
tarnished
ˈtɑːnɪʃt
undistinguished
ˌʌndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt
unextinguished
ˌʌnɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt
unfinished
ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt
unfurnished
ʌnˈfɜːnɪʃt
unpublished
ˌʌnˈpʌblɪʃt
unvanquished
ʌnˈvæŋkwɪʃt
unwished
ʌnˈwɪʃt
vanished
ˈvænɪʃt
wisht
wɪʃt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANGUISHED

anguifauna
anguiform
Anguilla
anguilliform
anguine
anguiped
anguipede
anguish
angular
angular acceleration
angular displacement
angular frequency
angular magnification
angular momentum
angular velocity
angularities
angularity
angularly
angularness
angulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANGUISHED

blemished
burnished
dished
famished
half-finished
in the shed
long-established
malnourished
semifinished
unaccomplished
unblemished
undernourished
undiminished
unpolished
unpunished
untarnished
unvarnished
well-established
well-finished
well-furnished
well-nourished

Synonyms and antonyms of anguished in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ANGUISHED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «anguished» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of anguished

Translation of «anguished» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANGUISHED

Find out the translation of anguished to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anguished from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anguished» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

极为痛苦的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

angustioso
570 millions of speakers

English

anguished
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुखी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نتألم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мучительные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aflito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লেশিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

angoissé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkejut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gequält
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦痛に満ちた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

괴로워하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đau khổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலங்கின
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुःखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kederli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

angosciato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

udręczony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

болісні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chinuită
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγωνιώδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hartroerende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ångest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forpint
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anguished

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANGUISHED»

The term «anguished» is regularly used and occupies the 91.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANGUISHED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anguished» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anguished» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anguished

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7 QUOTES WITH «ANGUISHED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word anguished.
1
Breyten Breytenbach
It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of your countrymen. Many of your black and other compatriots must be just as anguished as we are.
2
Richard Corliss
Mausoleum air and anguished pauses: If this production were a poem, it would be mostly white space.
3
Euripides
Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
4
Dan Jenkins
The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.
5
Rachel Johnson
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
6
Hilary Mantel
The experienced writer says to the anguished novice: 'Just do it; get something, anything, on to the screen or page, just establish a flow of words, and criticise them later.' You give this advice but can't always take it.
7
Cal Thomas
In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANGUISHED»

Discover the use of anguished in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anguished and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon ...
"Richard Lederer is the true king of language comedy. Anguished English is the funniest book I have ever read." -Sidney Sheldon Anguished English is filled with accidental misuses of language that will delight and entertain you.
Richard Lederer, 2006
2
The Anguished Dawn
After Earth is devastated by a near miss from a protoplanet, culture is preserved only in the Kronian colony near Saturn who send Landen Keene to help rebuild Earth's civilization, but others will do anything to regain their former power.
James P. Hogan, 2003
3
The Bride of Anguished English: A Bonanza of Bloopers, ...
" Hilarious illustrations by Jim McLean make The Bride of Anguished English the perfect book for anyone who loves English with all its blunders and bloopers and quips and quirks.
Richard Lederer, 2007
4
The Arab Diaspora: Voices of an Anguished Scream
The book examines the range of roles the Arab world has been playing to various audiences on the modern and post modern stage and the issues which have arisen as a result.
Zahia Smail Salhi, Ian Richard Netton, 2006
5
Anguished Immortals: Book One: Acts of the Fallen
An Archangel agrees to an oath, for life.
J.c.s., 2012
6
Georges Rouault's Miserere et guerre: this anguished world ...
George Rouault's Miserere print series, originally titled Miserere et Guerre (Have mercy, a quotation from Psalm 51, and War) was initially commissioned in 1914, but remained unpublished until 1948, by which time Rouault had witnessed the ...
Holly Flora, Soo Yun Kang, Museum of Biblical Art, 2006
7
The Revenge of Anguished English: More Accidental Assaults ...
Fourth in the Anguished English series, this updated collection of verbal bloopers will have word nerds in stitches.
Richard Lederer, 2013
8
The Anguished Adolescent
An imaginative misfit struggles to survive in her troubling reality as she uses her mind and dreams as an escape.
Resylin Black, 2013
9
More Anguished English
Witty commentary and sketches mark a compilation of unintended subversions of the English language
Richard Lederer, 1994
10
Compositional Techniques in Thomas Kerr, Jr.'s "Anguished ...
His most significant organ work, Anguished American Easter, 1968, was a musical reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Powerful and dramatic, the work draws on all the forces of the modern pipe organ.
Jane Fitz-Fitzharris, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANGUISHED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anguished is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mother's Anguished Choice To Leave One Child Behind
But lost in the diplomatic wrangling over the fate of the Rohingya are the anguished choices faced by the families who leave and the harrowing ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
2
Varoufakis resigns as Greece braces for Euro showdown after 'No …
Limited bank branches opened during the week for them to withdraw €120, causing anguished and tears of frustration among the elderly ... «The National, Jul 15»
3
True Detective Recap: Caddy Remarks
And has there ever been a shot that opened with a close-up of a man's anguished face without it panning out to reveal he's getting fellated? «Vulture, Jul 15»
4
Copa America Final 2015: Player Grades and Reaction from Chile's …
... defeat in agonised, anguished terms, according to ESPN reporter Miguel Delaney: "I don't have an explanation. Maybe it's me. This is torture. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
San Francisco pier shooting suspect admits to shooting woman …
The anguished family of the deceased medical sales rep and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo grad started a GoFundMe page “to help the family ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
6
Eyewitness: Despite media fear-mongering, Greeks stay calm and …
Limited bank branches opened during the week for them to withdraw their cash, causing anguished scenes and tears of frustration among the ... «Politics.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
The Rape of Lucretia @ Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes
... passages as the prelude to the rape as fraught with anxiety as to bring out a sweat, and the anguished passacaglia ideally taut and fervent. «musicOMH.com, Jul 15»
8
A second chance at life with new kidney
Bustos said he has seen Maria transformed from an anguished young woman into a more confident one filled with hope. Before, she was “like a ... «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
9
Homosexual Advocate Wants Christian Chaplains Who Oppose …
“Imagine the grinding teeth and anguished moans emanating from the benighted quarters of Christian fundamentalism within the U.S. military! «Christian News Network, Jul 15»
10
Tips to get rid of those pesky groundhogs
Which is why I receive anguished calls every year around this time asking me what someone can do to get rid of a woodchuck or several that ... «Bucyrus Telegraph Forum, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Anguished [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anguished>. May 2024 ».
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