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agonizing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of agonizing

1 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
  • The wait was agonizing.
Synonyms of agonizing

afflicting, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous
Words Related to agonizing

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 of agonizing

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable
Antonyms of agonizing

gratifying, pleasing, sweet
2 intensely or unbearably painful
  • The soldier died an agonizing death.
Synonyms of agonizing

excruciating, harrowing, racking, raging, tormenting, torturing, torturous, wrenching
Words Related to agonizing

acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent

biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling

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