adj
Meaning 1
Causing physical or mental agony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
agonizing
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Pronunciation
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/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
The act of one who agonizes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of agonize
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
extremely painful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мъчителен (mǎčitelen) — causing agony
- Bulgarian: мъчен (mǎčen) — causing agony
- Esperanto: angoriga — causing agony
- French: agonisant — causing agony
- Irish: pianpháiseach — causing agony
- Irish: léanmhar — causing agony
- Irish: piolóideach — causing agony
- Irish: coscrach — causing agony
- Latin: cruciabilis — causing agony
- Manx: aaghaeragh — causing agony
- Manx: ard-phianjagh — causing agony
- Manx: angaaishagh — causing agony
- Persian: پر تب و تاب (por tab-o-tâb) — causing agony
- Portuguese: agonizante — causing agony
- Russian: мучительный (mučitelʹnyj) — causing agony
- Spanish: terrible — causing agony
- Spanish: angustioso — causing agony
- Spanish: agonizante — causing agony