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Adjective: agonising  'a-gu,nI-zing
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: agonizing)
  1. Extremely painful
    "After a week of fighting with the court systems, I have decided to concede agonising defeat";
    - agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
Verb: agonise  'a-gu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: agonize)
  1. Suffer mental stress while worrying or deliberating about something
    "he agonised over the decision for days";
    - agonize
     
  2. Cause to agonize
    - agonize

See also: painful

Type of: anguish, hurt, pain, suffer

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