anguishing

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Verb

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anguishing

  1. present participle and gerund of anguish
    • 2007 January 2, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Kissinger’s Appearance Revives Memories of Vietnam Era”, in New York Times[1]:
      Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.

Noun

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anguishing (countable and uncountable, plural anguishings)

  1. A feeling or expression of anguish.