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agonizing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. Causing physical or mental agony.
    • It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.

Forms

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more agonizing Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most agonizing Degree=Sup lexicographic
agonising alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

pleasing · pleasant

Deriveds

unagonizing · agonizingly

Relateds

agony · torture · agonize · agonized

Synonyms

groanful · tormentous · painful · excruciating · torturous · terrible · ailsome · hellish · agonizing · bruising · unpleasant · tormenting · wrenchful · hurtful · painable

Translations (19)

gv angaaishagh (causing agony) · ga léanmhar (causing agony) · fi piinaava (causing agony) · gv ard-phianjagh (causing agony) · ga pianpháiseach (causing agony) · ga coscrach (causing agony) · es terrible (causing agony) · es angustioso (causing agony) · es agonizante (causing agony) · la cruciabilis (causing agony) · eo angoriga (causing agony) · bg мъчителен (causing agony) · fa پر تب و تاب (causing agony) · gv aaghaeragh (causing agony) · ru мучительный (causing agony) · ga piolóideach (causing agony) · bg мъчен (causing agony) · fr agonisant (causing agony) · pt agonizante (causing agony)

agonizing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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agonizings Number=Plur lexicographic
agonising alternative lexicographic

agonizing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
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Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of agonize
    form of agonize

Forms

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agonising alternative lexicographic