agonizingadjective
UK usually agonising uk/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/us/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/causing extreme physical or mental pain:
an agonizing death
causing extreme worry:
She went through an agonizing few weeks waiting for the test results.
We are faced with an agonizing choice/decision/dilemma.
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- neuralgia
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- painless
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- torment
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Saddening, shocking and upsetting
agonizingly
adverb UK usually agonisingly uk/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ.li/us/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ.li/