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agonizing

[ ag-uh-nahy-zing ]

/ ˈæg əˌnaɪ zɪŋ /

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adjective

accompanied by, filled with, or resulting in agony or distress: We spent an agonizing hour waiting to hear if the accident had been serious or not.

Origin of agonizing

First recorded in 1660–70; agonize + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM agonizing

ag·o·niz·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby agonizing

agonic line, agonist, agonistic, agonize, agonized, agonizing, agony, agony aunt, agony column, agony uncle, agora

Example sentences from the Web for agonizingly

The latest opinion polls suggest it will be agonizingly close.

Scots Must Choose Heart or Head |Nico Hines |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Heartsick, depressed, agonizingly lonely, she would disappear for days behind her locked bedroom doors.

New Questions Arise About Mary Richardson Kennedy’s Suicide |Nancy Collins |May 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Were the features against which that frail bit of cambric was agonizingly pressed of a pleasing contour?

Seven Keys to Baldpate |Earl Derr Biggers
It was as if someone had prodded him in an agonizingly sore place and he reacted instinctively.

The Black Tide |Arthur G. Stangland

Not able even to stand alone, awkwardly, agonizingly unable to mount his restive horse, his life was yet so strong within him!

Jackanapes |Juliana Horatio Ewing
An agonizingly long time later the faint and disregarded sound of the plane swept back across the heavens.

Operation Terror |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
A glance told him it was empty; but he felt with his hands in all the dim corners, agonizingly whispering her name.

Two on the Trail |Hulbert Footner