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agonizingag‧o‧niz‧ing (also agonising British English) /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ adjective   - A year later he died after suffering months of agonizing pain.
- In retrospect, the decision to build the bomb was fraught with agonizing ambiguities.
- In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries many criminals were subjected to that agonizing death.
- The red line on the thermometer on the wall of Caxton House crept up with agonizing slowness.
- There was one present which gave Diana the most agonizing decision of her young life.
- Throughout these long, agonizing months, their lives are accompanied by the unending cacophony of my screaming.
when something makes someone feel pain► hurt if something or someone hurts you, they make you feel pain: · Did it hurt when they stuck the needle in?· Stop it - you're hurting me. ► sting to cause a sudden sharp pain on your skin or in your eyes for a short time: · The antiseptic might sting a little.· The smoke stung my eyes. ► irritate if a substance irritates a part of your body, especially your eyes or your skin, it makes it become sore: · The pollen irritated my eyes, which were red and streaming with tears.· Nineteen percent of women will still use a beauty product, even if it irritates their skin. ► agonizing/excruciating if pain or a particular movement is agonizing or excruciating , it is extremely strong so that you are almost unable to move or do something: · The pain moved to my elbow, and it became agonizing to even lift my arm.· The excruciating pain in his kidneys made him gasp. ► be agony especially British, informal if something you do or something someone does to you is agony , it hurts a lot: · It was agony having my tooth removed - I don't think the dentist knew what he was doing.· Climbing five flights of stairs with all those bags was absolute bloody agony. 1extremely painful:  The pain was agonizing.2very unpleasant to experience, especially because of involving a difficult choice or a long wait: an agonizing decision—agonizingly adverb: at an agonizingly slow pace |