anguishing

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:
      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.
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