agonizing
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agonizing
- /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
adjective more agonizing · most agonizing · agonising
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Causing physical or mental agony.
It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.
Similar: agonizing, ailsome, excruciating, groanful, hellish, hurtful, bruising, painable, painful, terrible, tormenting, tormentous
verb agonising
- present participle and gerund of agonize
noun agonizings · agonising
- The act of one who agonizes. I never breathed a word of my doubts and mental agonizings to my mother; I spoke to her only of my bodily sufferings; yet she knew it all, and I knew that she knew.
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Closest in meaning: excruciating, painful, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome, agonising, sore, distressing, grievous, traumatic, bitter, woeful, tiresome, horrific, dreadful
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adj causing agony
| Español | terrible, angustioso, agonizante |
|---|---|
| Português | agonizante |
| Français | agonisant |
| Русский | мучительный mučitelʹnyj |
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title = {agonizing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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