agonizing

Adjective
Synonyms: agonisingexcruciatingharrowingtorturingtorturoustorturesome

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. extremely painfulSynonyms: agonisingexcruciatingharrowingtorturingtorturoustorturesome
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

agonizing \agonizing\ adj. causing agony. Opposite to painless.

Syn: excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Agonizing.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. ?. See Agony.]

1.To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. [1913 Webster]

To smart and agonize at every pore.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately. [1913 Webster]

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