agonizing
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ag·o·nize
(ăg′ə-nīz′)v. ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es
v.intr.
1. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something: agonized over the difficult decision.
2. To suffer extreme pain: The explorers agonized in the hot sun.
v.tr.
To cause great pain or anguish to. See Synonyms at afflict.
[Medieval Latin agōnizāre, from Greek agōnizesthai, to struggle, from agōn, contest; see agony.]
ag′o·niz′ing·ly adv.
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agonizing
(ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ) oragonising
adj
1. causing acute mental pain
2. causing acute physical pain
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Adj. | 1. | agonizing - extremely painful painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" |
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agonizing
adjective painful, bitter, distressing, harrowing, heartbreaking, grievous, excruciating, hellish, heart-rending, gut-wrenching, torturous The wait was agonizing.
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agonizing
adjectiveExtraordinarily painful or distressing:
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mučivýtrýznivý
uudholdelig
agonizálógyötrõ
skelfilegur, kveljandi
mučivý
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agonizing
[ˈægənaɪzɪŋ] ADJ [pain] → atroz, muy agudo; [indecision, suspense] → angustioso; [moment] → de angustia; [reappraisal] → agonizante, dolorosoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
agonizing
[ˈægənaɪzɪŋ] agonising (British) adj [wait] → insoutenable; [decision, choice] → pénible
[death] → atroce; [pain] → insoutenable, intolérable
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agony
(ˈӕgəni) – plural ˈagonies – noun great pain or suffering. The dying man was in agony; agonies of regret.
ˈagonized, ˈagonised adjective showing agony. He had an agonized expression on his face as he lost the match.
ˈagonizing, ˈagonising adjective causing agony. an agonizing pain.
agonizingly, agonisingly adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.