adjective
- causing extreme mental or emotional pain; deeply distressing
Examples
- The anguishing wait for news about her missing son lasted three days.
- He made the anguishing decision to end his father’s life support.
- The documentary showed anguishing scenes of poverty and suffering.
- It was anguishing to watch her struggle with the terminal illness.
- The mother’s anguishing cries could be heard throughout the hospital.
- The anguishing memories of the accident haunted him for years.