agonizing

agonizing

adj

Definition of AGONIZING

: causing agony

— ag·o·niz·ing·ly adverb

Examples of AGONIZING

1. a long and agonizing battle with cancer
2. She made the agonizing decision to cancel the trip.
3. The agonizing wait was finally over.
4. He was in agonizing pain.

First Known Use of AGONIZING

1593

Related to AGONIZING

Synonyms: afflicting, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous

Antonyms: gratifying, pleasing, sweet

Related Words: insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable; appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched; acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms: bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable; livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable; acceptable, allowable, reasonable

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Rhymes with AGONIZING

advertising, appetizing, enterprising, merchandising, unsurprising