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BNC: 20971 COCA: 12407

agonizing

agonizing adjective
also British agonising /ˈægəˌnaɪzɪŋ/
agonizing
adjective
also British agonising /ˈægəˌnaɪzɪŋ/
Learner's definition of AGONIZING
[more agonizing; most agonizing]
: very mentally or physically painful(身心)极度痛苦的;折磨人的

— agonizingly

also British agonisingly adverb
BNC: 20971 COCA: 12407

agonizing

adjective

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

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.
Recent Examples on the Web Unfortunately, none of those agonizing symptoms are usually strong enough to overcome the hypoxia-inducing madness and return to rational thought in time to slow down and run at a more honest pace. Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022 At the hospital, Tello recalls the agonizing wait for news. Eliott C. Mclaughlin And Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 11 June 2022 The 911 calls disclosed Friday shed light on the agonizing wait for help inside two adjoining classrooms during that time: Rooms 111 and 112. Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 27 May 2022 Like many other screens, NIPT often subjects patients to an agonizing wait until further diagnostic testing sorts the true versus false positives. Daniel Navon, Scientific American, 5 May 2022 For some, what occurred was deeply personal, bringing back a flood of memories and emotions revolving around a private, agonizing decision to terminate a pregnancy. Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022 After seeking counsel from our medical team and our friends and family, my husband and I made the agonizing decision to end the pregnancy. SELF, 2 June 2022 The couple made the agonizing decision to end the much-wanted pregnancy but said SB 321 would have barred them from doing so in Kentucky. Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2022 This was an agonizing decision that went against my upbringing. John A. List, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of agonize

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of agonizing was in 1570
BNC: 20971 COCA: 12407

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