agonizing | Definition of agonizing

Synonyms and Antonyms of agonizing

1 hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

agonizing cries rose up from the dungeon

Synonyms of agonizing

afflicting, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous

Words Related to agonizing

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms of agonizing

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of agonizing

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

2 intensely or unbearably painful

died an agonizing death

Synonyms of agonizing

excruciating, harrowing, racking, raging, tormenting, torturing, torturous, wrenching

Words Related to agonizing

acute, exquisite, extreme, fierce, intense, vehement, violent

biting, cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp, shooting, smarting, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tingling