Pronunciations
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/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
Adjective
Causing physical or mental agony.
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It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.
Noun
The act of one who agonizes.
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I never breathed a word of my doubts and mental agonizings to my mother; I spoke to her only of my bodily sufferings; yet she knew it all, and I knew that she knew.
Adjective
extremely painful