agonizing

/'ægənaiziɳ/
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agonizing

The patient's agonizing headache made it hard to focus.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Extremely painful: Causing intense physical or mental suffering.
    • Causing great distress or anxiety: Involving or resulting in severe emotional or psychological torment.
Usage

The adjective "agonizing" is used to describe something that causes extreme pain, suffering, or distress. It is often used before a noun (e.g., an agonizing decision) or after a linking verb (e.g., The wait was agonizing). It emphasizes the intensity and prolonged nature of the suffering.

Examples
  • Before a noun:
    • He made an agonizing decision to leave his hometown.
    • She suffered from an agonizing headache for hours.
  • After a linking verb:
    • The uncertainty about the test results was agonizing.
    • The process of recovery from the injury was slow and agonizing.
Advanced Usage
  • "agonizing over": To spend a great deal of time worrying or thinking anxiously about something.
    • She spent weeks agonizing over the details of her wedding.
  • "agonizingly" (Adverb): In a manner that causes extreme pain or distress.
    • The final score was agonizingly close.
    • Progress on the project has been agonizingly slow.
Variants and Related Words
  • Agonize (Verb): To suffer extreme physical or mental pain; to worry intensely.
    • He agonized about telling her the truth.
  • Agony (Noun): Extreme physical or mental suffering.
    • The patient was in agony.
  • Agonized (Adjective): Expressing or manifesting severe pain or distress.
    • She let out an agonized cry.
Synonyms
  • Excruciating: Intensely painful.
  • Tormenting: Causing severe suffering of mind or body.
  • Harrowing: Acutely distressing or painful.
  • Torturous: Involving torture or severe pain.
Antonyms
  • Painless: Causing no physical pain or difficulty.
  • Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
  • Comforting: Serving to alleviate a person's feelings of grief or distress.
Related Phrases
  • Agonizing reappraisal: A thorough and painful reconsideration of a policy or situation.
    • The company's failure forced an agonizing reappraisal of its business strategy.
agonizing

The patient's agonizing headache made it hard to focus.

Adjective
  1. extremely painful

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