Word Study
anguished
CIDE DICTIONARY
suffering anguish; experiencing extreme pain, distress, or anxiety [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anguished, adj. suffering or expressing anguish.
Etymology
past part. of anguish (v.) f. OF anguissier f. eccl.L angustiare to distress, formed as ANGUISH
THESAURUS
anguished
aching, aggrieved, anxious, bleeding, bored, bruised, careworn, cheerless, cut, depressed, disgusted, doleful, dolorous, dumb with grief, grief-stricken, griefful, grieved, grievous, grim, hurt, in grief, injured, joyless, lamentable, lugubrious, mauled, mournful, nauseated, nauseous, pained, plaintive, plangent, pleasureless, plunged in grief, prey to malaise, repelled, revolted, rueful, sad, sickened, sorrowed, sorrowful, sorrowing, stung, suffering angst, tearful, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unquiet, unsatisfied, woeful, woundedFor further exploring for "anguished" in Webster Dictionary Online