anguished

anguish | American Dictionary

anguish
noun[ U ]
us/ˈæŋ·ɡwɪʃ/
extreme pain or suffering:
Somehow we deal with the anguish of serious illness.

Examples of anguish

anguish
What for academic theorists is doubt and ambiguity, for practising artists is dilemma and anguish.
And it had been administered in quantities which must have made deprivation an anguish.
However, for those for whom the existential questions remain unanswered, the end of life can reverberate discordantly with despair and anguish.
How do we avoid appropriating other people's anguish when we use it to make theatre?
Many caregivers, at the bedside hour after hour, may feel a sense of professional disenfranchisement and a mix of anger and anguish.
Saunders describes the effort among the dying to surmount feelings of failure, regret, guilt, and worthlessness, all of which can contribute to intense anguish.
While the one prevented 'free inquiry', the other afforded only 'meaningless anguish' or 'vulgar amusement' as 'convenient safety valves for human anxiety'.
The sentiments in the text at these points (anguish and hope) take on a more delicate emotional appeal than before.
However, his experience on the relief party, the three deaths, and the men's stories gave him deep anguish.
What is palpable is one caregiver's anguish as she watches her partner struggle with the ailment.
Some of them were discontented, even anguished, all of them were unable to make any plans and found it difficult to adjust.
He has fulfilled all those qualities and with no anguish.
It is the complete opposite of the instinctive human reaction to pain: the deliberate, conscious attempt to feel as much physical anguish as possible.
More scientists than philosophers, they anguish over the big muddy issues the book has stirred up and some hope forlornly for better days.
These decisions are tormented situations, situations fraught with anguish, ambiguity, and doubt.
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