Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That causes or produces agony or anguish; characterized by extreme anguish or painful struggles: as, agonizing suspense; “agonizing distress,”
- Indicative of or expressing agony or anguish: as, an agonizing cry.
- In the last agony; in the throes of death. See the extract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective causing agony. Opposite to
painless .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Causing
agony . - verb Present participle of
agonize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely painful
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So, after a couple days of agonizing, is this an earth shattering disaster?
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I wanted the people to wander around in agonizing limbo … like in real life, really.
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So, after a couple days of agonizing, is this an earth shattering disaster?
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