anguishing

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 03:32, 29 September 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Verb

anguishing

  1. present participle 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

anguishing (countable and uncountable, plural anguishings)

  1. A feeling or expression of anguish.