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单词 agonizingly
释义

agonizing

adjective

ag·​o·​niz·​ing ˈa-gə-ˌnī-ziŋ How to pronounce agonizing (audio)
: causing agony
agonizingly adverb

Synonyms

  • afflicting
  • bitter
  • cruel
  • excruciating
  • galling
  • grievous
  • harrowing
  • harsh
  • heartrending
  • hurtful
  • painful
  • tormenting
  • torturous
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Example Sentences

a long and agonizing battle with cancer She made the agonizing decision to cancel the trip. The agonizing wait was finally over. He was in agonizing pain.
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Word History

Etymology

from present participle of agonize

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

agonizingly

adverb

as in painfully
with feelings of bitterness or grief agonizingly made the decision to have her beloved cat put to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • painfully
  • bitterly
  • sorrowfully
  • sadly
  • mournfully
  • hard
  • woefully
  • sharply
  • lugubriously
  • wretchedly
  • harshly
  • grievously
  • unhappily
  • dolorously
  • regretfully
  • inconsolably
  • dolefully
  • resentfully
  • severely
  • plaintively
  • ruefully
  • wailfully
  • sorely
  • distressingly
  • despairingly
  • abjectly
  • miserably
  • drearily
  • dismally
  • acutely
  • hardly
  • dejectedly
  • cheerlessly
  • dispiritedly
  • joylessly
  • darkly
  • despondently
  • disconsolately
  • poignantly
  • distressfully
  • morosely
  • somberly
  • piercingly
  • forlornly
  • blackly
  • glumly
  • cruelly
  • sullenly
  • dourly
  • gloomily
  • pessimistically
  • keenly
  • downheartedly
  • hurtfully
  • mirthlessly
  • ill
  • rancorously
  • crestfallenly
  • low-spiritedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • blissfully
  • joyously
  • joyfully
  • happily
  • gleefully
  • cheerfully
  • stoically
  • gladly
  • merrily
  • calmly
  • delightedly
  • cheerily
  • sunnily
  • lightly
  • dispassionately
  • casually
  • mirthfully
  • easily
  • lightheartedly
  • indifferently
  • impassively
  • blithely
  • gayly
  • nonchalantly
  • rejoicingly
  • unconcernedly
  • gaily
  • well
  • favorably
  • good-naturedly
  • blithesomely
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