Agonizing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  agonizing \agonizing\ adj.
     causing agony. Opposite to {painless}.
  
     Syn: excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous,
          torturesome.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. ?.
     See {Agony}.]
     1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agonizing
       adj : extremely painful [syn: {agonising}, {excruciating}, {harrowing},
              {torturing}, {torturous}, {torturesome}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "agonizing":
     acute, afflictive, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel,
     desolating, distressful, distressing, excruciating, exquisite,
     fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh,
     heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding,
     hurtful, hurting, intense, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant,
     pungent, racking, rending, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic,
     spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormented,
     tormenting, tortured, torturing, torturous, vehement, violent