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anguish

/ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ verb C2
  1. To suffer pain. (intransitive)
  2. To cause to suffer pain. (transitive)

He/she/it anguishes · Past anguished · Past participle anguished · -ing form anguishing

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Verb forms

Base form
anguish
He/she/it
anguishes
Past
anguished
Past participle
anguished
-ing form
anguishing

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Anne had gathered them and brought them to him, her anguished, tearless eyes burning in her white face.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 311 · C1
A Hedgehog, passing by, saw his anguish and inquired if he should drive away the flies that were tormenting him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 60 · B2
A terrible scream—a prolonged yell of horror and anguish—burst out of the silence of the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 164 · C1
“Oh!” exclaimed Dantès, his heart wrung with anguish.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 205 · C1

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