agonizing

adj, noun — 2 senses

agonizing

adj

/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/

1

Causing physical or mental agony.

It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.

Synonyms: agonizing, ailsome, excruciating, groanful, hellish, hurtful, painable, painful, terrible, tormenting, tormentous, torturous, unpleasant, wrenchful
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing
Derived terms: agonizingly, unagonizing
Related terms: agonize, agony, agonized, torture

agonizing

noun

1

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.1918, W. H. Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago:

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