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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. ?. See {Agony}.]
1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
To smart and agonize at every pore. --Pope.
2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
agonizing \agonizing\ adjective causing agony. Opposite to {painless}.
Syn: excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
agonizing
adjective: extremely painful [syn: {agonising}, {excruciating}, {harrowing}, {torturing}, {torturous}, {torturesome}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "agonizing": acute, afflictive, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressful, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding, hurtful, hurting, intense, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rending, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormented, tormenting, tortured, torturing, torturous, vehement, violent
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