Agonizing
/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of agonize form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Causing physical or mental agony.
"It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results."
Adjective
- 1 extremely painful wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women."