suffering; tormented, agonizing
suffer; be tormented
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anguished
adj : experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation" [syn: tormented, tortured]
Adjective
1. experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation"
(synonym) tormented, tortured
(similar) sorrowful
Noun
1. extreme mental distress
(synonym) torment, torture
(hypernym) distress, hurt, suffering
2. extreme distress of body or mind
(hypernym) distress
(derivation) pain, hurt
Verb
1. suffer great pains or distress
(hypernym) suffer
(derivation) torment, torture
2. cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
(synonym) pain, hurt
(hypernym) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
(hyponym) agonize, agonise
(cause) suffer
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