Agonizing Meaning
/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjCausing physical or mental agony.
"It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results."
verbpresent participle and gerund of agonize
nounThe act of one who agonizes.
"I never breathed a word of my doubts and mental agonizings to my mother; I spoke to her only of my bodily sufferings; yet she knew it all, and I knew that she knew."— 1918, W. H. Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago:
Sentence Examples
It is agonizing for America to lose our young men and women.
It is agonizing for the United States to lose its young men and women.
The pain from my hurt knee was agonizing.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ pain in his leg made it impossible to walk even a step.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Waiting for the results of the important medical test was ____.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ pain in his leg made it impossible to walk even a step.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Waiting for the results of the important medical test was ____.