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Definition of Agonizing
1. Adjective. Extremely painful.
Similar to: Painful
Derivative terms: Torture, Torture
Definition of Agonizing
1. Adjective. Causing agony. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of agonize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agonizing
1. agonize [v] - See also: agonize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonizing
Literary usage of Agonizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"... of the offenders at large: the agonizing distress of the farmers will make
them comparatively indifferent with regard to these violences ; and, at last, ..."
2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"As I went along towards Cambridge-Court, I call'd at the old -Doctor's [Increase
Mather], who was agonizing and Crying 1 John Vincent, a Nonconformist ..."
3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"In the infiltrating growths the nerve roots may be divided, or, as has been
suggested, even the cord itself sectioned for the relief of the agonizing pain, ..."
4. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1814)
"They expired together, insensible of the horrors of their situation, and were
thereby spared the agonizing spectacle oí each other's sufferings. ..."
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