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Definition of Agonising
1. Adjective. Extremely painful.
Similar to: Painful
Derivative terms: Torture, Torture
Definition of Agonising
1. Verb. (present participle of agonise) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agonising
1. agonise [v] - See also: agonise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonising
Literary usage of Agonising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1881)
"... agonising Mystery —The " Dead March" in Saul—Japanese Music—Musical
Instruments —Lady Parkes. HBM's LEGATION, YEDO, October 11. ..."
2. Leaves of a Life: Being the Reminiscences of Montagu Williams, Q.C. by Montagu Stephen Williams (1890)
"... the Dundee cake, and the gelatine capsules — An agonising death — Interesting-
scientific evidence—Experiments with the mice—My lines of defence—-The ..."
3. The Singing of the Future by David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"Love, agonising, and self- sacrifice always present in great art.—Varying ideals
of tone. —Tone (sung words) expresses emotion without sentimentality, ..."
4. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign by James Wood (1893)
"... There is nothing so agonising to the fine skin of vanity as the application
of a rough truth. it M ..."
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