Praised about anguish (7)

I believe the answer is:

despair

'anguish' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'praised about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'praised' is an anagram of 'DESPAIR'.

(Other definitions for despair that I've seen before include "Be without hope" , "Smashed up" , "Praised (anag) - lose hope" , "An unhappy state" , "Feeling of hopelessness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.

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