| 释义 |
anguished, ppl. a.|ˈæŋgwɪʃt|
Also anguisht.
[f. anguish v. + -ed.]
1. Distressed with severe pain or grief; tormented.
1382Wyclif Jon. ii. 8 My soule was angwishid in me. 1627Feltham Resolves i. xlvii. (1677) 74 The spirits shrink inward, and retire to the anguisht heart. 1818Art of Preserv. Feet 50 Anguished sufferers try these panaceas. 1857S. Winkworth Tauler's Serm. xxv. 391 The thorns of an anguished conscience.
2. Expressing pain, full of anguish, agonized.
c1800Southey Race of Banquo Wks. II. 155 The anguish'd shriek, the death-fraught groan. 1864Neale Seaton. Poems 7 The ocean with unwonted roar, And anguish'd moan, shall vex his shore. |