1. anguishing - Noun
2. anguishing - Verb
anguishing
present participle of anguish
anguishing (countable and uncountable, plural anguishings)
A feeling or expression of anguish.
There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance. Sue Monk Kidd
Addicted to heroin in the 1950s, he quit cold turkey, and later explained that he had heard the voice of God during his anguishing withdrawal. Source: Internet
The anguishing and accusative questions which Leopardi poses to a destiny which has denied beauty to the miserable Saffo are cut short by the thought of death. Source: Internet