Antonyms for agonizingag·o·niz·ing

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1. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective

   extremely painful

   Antonyms:
   painless

   Synonyms:
   harrowing, torturing, excruciating, agonising, torturesome, torturous

How to use agonizing in a sentence?

1. Søren Kierkegaard, Journal 1848:

   Of all tyrannies democracy is the most agonizing, the most inane, the absolute fall of everything great and elevated.

2. Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin:

   Decisions like this aren't taken lightly, they're agonizing decisions.

3. Aline Tanios:

   Cardinal Glennon Children Hospital's agonizing sometimes, especially when Wail Hayajneh see these kids spiraling down before they head to the ICU.

4. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton:

   There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

5. Grabien Media founder Tom Elliott:

   If CNN’s collapsing ratings weren’t enough to elicit an agonizing reappraisal of their entire situation, the planned rollout of CNN+ surely is.

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