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agonizing

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ag·o·nize  (g-nz)
v. ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es
v.intr.
1. To suffer extreme pain or great anguish.
2. To make a great effort; struggle.
v.tr.
To cause great pain or anguish to. See Synonyms at afflict.

[Medieval Latin agnizre, from Greek agnizesthai, to struggle, from agn, contest; see agony.]

ago·nizing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.agonizingagonizing - extremely painful                    
painful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

agonizing
Translations
agonizing [ˈægənaɪzɪŋ] adj [pain] → atroz; [suspense] → angustioso
agonizing [ˈægənaɪzɪŋ] adjangoissant(e); [cry] → déchirant(e)
agonizing [ˈægənaɪzɪŋ] agonize adjqualvoll;
(pain etc) → quälend
agonizing [ˈægənaɪzɪŋ] adjstraziante


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Between agonizing moments, she chatted a little, and said it took her mind off her sufferings.
And they did gently deposit on their blankets that poor, wasted body, covered with scars and wounds, still bleeding where fire and steel had, in twenty places, left their agonizing marks.
Straightening his legs with difficulty and shaking the snow off them he got up, and an agonizing cold immediately penetrated his whole body.
 
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