agonizing
adjectiveDefinition of agonizing
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Synonyms & Antonyms for agonizing
Synonyms
afflicting, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous
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Ochoa-Lopez reached out and touched the nose of the family dog as Clarisa Figueroa, sitting atop her, took an agonizing four to five minutes to strangle her with a cable, prosecutors charged. — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, "Mother, daughter charged in killing of baby cut from womb of slain teen," 18 July 2019 Pearland East owned a 5-3 advantage midway through the game when suddenly the ballfield experienced a power failure that lasted nearly 90 agonizing minutes. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "In lights out fashion, Pearland East 10s capture Section 3 championship," 9 July 2019 The decision by Cathedral, a 101-year-old school affiliated with the Brothers of Holy Cross, was agonizing, its president and board chairman said in a joint statement Sunday. — Jason Hanna, Carma Hassan And Daniel Burke, CNN, "An Indianapolis Catholic school has fired a teacher in a same-sex marriage after a Jesuit school in the city did not," 25 June 2019 Scores were already dead, more were dying an agonizing death from acute radiation poisoning, and thousands were inhaling and eating and drinking the radioactive isotopes that would cause miscarriages, stillbirths, and thyroid and other cancers. — Mona Charen, National Review, "Lessons of Chernobyl," 7 June 2019 May has expressed her intention to return to the Conservative backbenches when her eventful and frequently agonizing residence in Downing Street comes to an end. — Rob Picheta, CNN, "Theresa May condemns populism and expresses Brexit regret in last major speech as British PM," 17 July 2019 Viewers took in the horrifying discovery as the camera stayed focused on Candy’s battered body for several agonizing seconds. — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, "‘Pose’ confronts the epidemic of violence against transgender women of color in an emotional episode," 10 July 2019 Then came that first call from Brooks and an agonizing wait for another one. — Andrew Jensen, Anchorage Daily News, "Nashville hit-maker Jerrod Neimann returns to Alaska with 3 shows and a salute to troops," 10 July 2019 For the Raptors, who return most of their 2019 title-winning squad, the wait was agonizing but not particularly meaningful in altering their summer outlook. — Ben Golliver, The Denver Post, "Winners and losers from the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George bombshell," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'agonizing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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