agonizing
/'ægənaiziɳ/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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extremely painful
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