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Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent

Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety

Characterized by anger and resentment

Causing distress or emotional turmoil

Past tense for to feel deep sadness, distress or anguish

Past tense for to cause anguish or distress to

Past tense for to be constantly or visibly anxious

Past tense for to cause significant upset to (someone)

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Adjective

Experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent

racked with pain

racked with suffering

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

discombobulated

at the end of your tether

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

having blue devils

singing the blues

having the blahs

discountenanced

sick as a parrot

deeply saddened

deeply regretful

at end of one's rope

in the doldrums

as sick as a parrot

with a long face

conscience-stricken

on the verge of tears

extremely saddened

self-reproachful

given to looking on the black side

mentally defeated

with tears in your eyes

strictly business

longing for home

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

ill-humoured^UK

beside oneself with grief

full of despair

emotionally defeated

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

poverty-stricken

in floods of tears

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

at sixes and sevens

in sackcloth and ashes

extremely sorry

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“In a hospice setting it is not unusual to be confronted by anguished relatives witnessing the physical deterioration of their loved ones.”

Adjective

Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety

discombobulated

like a fish out of water

on the qui vive

a bundle of nerves

hot and bothered

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

bricking oneself

in a cold sweat

on pins and needles

all of a lather

like a cat on a hot tin roof

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

shaking in one's shoes

with your heart in your mouth

discountenanced

like a cat on hot bricks

in a state of nerves

bundle of nerves

at the end of your tether

all of a doodah

with your back to the wall

feeling anxious

all of a flutter

emotionally scarred

tossing and turning

terror-stricken

in difficulties

in a tight corner

in a tight spot

with one's back up against the wall

having cold feet

at the end of one's rope

emotionally damaged

emotionally injured

easily frightened

easily agitated

hot under the collar

sweating bullets

biting one's nails

put out of countenance

at sixes and sevens

on the defensive

tied up in knots

emotionally defeated

lacking social skills

having stage fright

having a funny feeling

caught off balance

thrown off balance

apprehensive about

scared to death

scared out of your wits

shaking like a leaf

horror-stricken

frightened out of your wits

out of countenance

in dire straits

between a rock and a hard place

beside yourself

out of your mind

out of one's mind

like a chicken with its head cut off

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Adjective

Characterized by anger and resentment

in high dudgeon

not best pleased

hot under the collar

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

as cross as two sticks

blue in the face

gnashing one's teeth

at daggers drawn

evil-intentioned

ill-humoured^UK

with a chip on your shoulder

burning with excitement

cut to the quick

disapproving of

fed up to the teeth

fed up to the back teeth

with chip on shoulder

unjustifiably resentful

unjustifiably offended

overcome with anger

at boiling point

beside yourself

beside yourself with rage

with all guns blazing

at end of one's rope

hot and bothered

rubbed the wrong way

in a filthy temper

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Adjective

Causing distress or emotional turmoil

heart-wrenching

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

down in the mouth

unfavourable^UK

down in the dumps

life-threatening

poverty-stricken

emotionally moving

antagonizing^US

anxiety provoking

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

extremely upsetting

causing discomfort

racked with suffering

racked with pain

discountenancing

arousing affect

singing the blues

not to be borne

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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Verb

Past tense for to feel deep sadness, distress or anguish

“It was the fractured and cool relationship with her father that she would anguish over and regret in the months to come.”

Verb

Past tense for to cause anguish or distress to

caused suffering to

caused agony to

put the squeeze on

inflicted anguish on

inflicted pain on

inflicted suffering on

put through wringer

given someone grief

gave someone grief

discriminated against

caused trouble to

weighed heavily on

bent someone's ear

driven up the wall

drove up the wall

gave a hard time

given a hard time

jumped on one's case

rubbed salt in wound

played cat and mouse

caused injury to

treated roughly

laid a finger on

done violence to

did violence to

gave a bad time

given a bad time

given the business

gave the business

given the needle

gave the needle

discombobulated

caused anxiety to

got in your hair

got on your nerves

gotten on your nerves

drove round the bend

got on one's nerves

drove you up the wall

driven round the bend

driven you up the wall

gotten on one's nerves

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“He fixated and focused on this dreadful topic and how it would anguish him in mere thought or, worse, personal experience in his future.”

Verb

Past tense for to be constantly or visibly anxious

Verb

Past tense for to cause significant upset to (someone)

discombobulated

discountenanced

caused anguish to

caused suffering to

aroused anxiety in

did a number on

done a number on

gave a hard time

given a hard time

made it tough for

threw off balance

thrown off balance

hurt somebody's feelings

hurt the feelings of

cut to the quick

given offence to

gave offence to

caused anxiety to

given someone grief

gave someone grief

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