Definition & Meaning of "agonizing"in English

agonizing

causing a lot of difficulty, pain, distress, or discomfort

afflictive

excruciating

harrowing

painful

torturous

Grammatical Information

Composition

present participle adjective

qualitative

Superlative

most agonizing

Comparative

more agonizing

gradable

domain

experience, emotion, suffering

Examples

The agonizing wait for test results filled her with dread.

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