What does agonizing mean?
Definitions for agonizing
ag·o·niz·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective
extremely painful
GCIDE
agonizingadjective
causing agony. Opposite to painless.
Wiktionary
agonizingadjective
Causing agony.
It was an agonizing twenty minutes wait for the results.
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agonizing
Agonizing refers to causing intense physical or mental pain, distress, or worry. It can describe an experience that is extremely difficult or unpleasant to endure, often leading to a feeling of prolonged suffering.
Webster Dictionary
Agonizing
of Agonize
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of agonizing in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of agonizing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of agonizing in a Sentence
Dozens of people suffered a slow and agonizing death at the hands of government forces that should have been protecting them, these unlawful killings must be investigated and all those responsible brought to justice.
I think you end up funding other hostage taking and the cycle just perpetuates itself, so I think our decision is the right one, rather, try to rescue our hostages than pay ransoms, and, of course, prospectively trying to keep our people out of harm's way. I think that is really the right policy, as painful as it is, and as enormously agonizing as it is for the families of these hostages.
I join the families and people of Zamfara State in welcoming and celebrating the release of these traumatized female students, being held in captivity is an agonizing experience not only for the victims, but also their families and all of us.
FIFA has spent much time, money and political capital investigating alleged corruption in the Russia and Qatar World Cup bids, and agonizing over the scheduling of the tournament, but the organization has yet to demonstrate any real commitment to ensuring Qatar 2022 is not built on a foundation of exploitation and abuse.
There was one gorilla whose long-term mate and friend died in the zoo, and he first tried to revive her, even bringing her favorite food to her and putting it in her hand and poking her, and then at some point he seemed to come to a really stunning realization that his friend was not going to move. I don’t know if that’s a concept of death, but his behavior changed and he let out a very agonizing wail and stopped trying to revive her. Clearly something cognitive and emotional happened to him at that moment.
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