Agonizing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Agonizing is an adjective meaning Causing physical or mental agony.
Meaning
Causing physical or mental agony.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of agonize
- The act of one who agonizes.
Example Sentences
It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.
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.
Word Forms
- agonising
- agonizings
Synonyms for agonizing
Depending on context, synonyms include ailsome, excruciating, groanful, hellish, hurtful, painable.
Antonyms for agonizing
Common opposites include pleasant, pleasing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include excruciating, painful, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome.
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