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.
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Anguishing
Synonyms for "anguishing" (17 found)
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8 entriesaffective conditiondecision makingemotional burdenemotional impactemotional statemental statepsychological distresspsychological state
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13 entriesCollocations
14 entriesacute distressanguishing decisionanguishing dilemmaanguishing momentanguishing painanguishing waitemotional anguishexistential distressextreme anguishintense anguishmoral anguishmoral distresspsychological anguishpsychological pain
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