What is another word for in anguish?

Pronunciation: [ɪn ˈaŋɡwɪʃ] (IPA)

The phrase "in anguish" is typically used to describe intense emotional or physical pain. While it's a powerful phrase, there are several other synonyms that can also convey a similar sentiment. Some potential alternatives could include "in agony," "in distress," "in torment," "in pain," "wretched," "tortured," or "suffering." Each of these words conveys a sense of deep emotional or physical pain, with varying degrees of intensity and nuance. Depending on the context, any of these words could be used to effectively communicate the experience of being in deep distress or discomfort.

What are the hypernyms for In anguish?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with In anguish

  • The reason I'm so bitter and, as I said, in anguish, nowadays, or one of the reasons, is that everybody's begun to lie and because they lie they assume that I lie too: they overlook the fact that I remember very well many things (of course I've forgotten some), but I do believe that lying is a sin, unless it's an innocent lie based on lack of memory, certainly the giving of false evidence and being a false witness is a mortal sin, but what I mean is, insofar as lying has become so prevalent in the world today (thanks to Marxian Dialectal propaganda and Comintern techniques among other causes) that, when a man tells the truth, everybody, looking in the mirror and seeing a liar, assumes that the truth-teller is lying too.
    Jack Kerouac
  • And I         in terror                         but not in doubt of                                                             what I must do in anguish, in haste,                         wrenched from the earth root after root, the soil heaving and cracking, the moss tearing asunder —In the forest they too had heard, and were pulling their roots in pain out of a thousand years' layers of dead leaves,                 rolling the rocks away,                                             breaking themselves                                                                 out of                                                                         their depths.
    Denise Levertov

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