Synonyms for agonizing
ag·o·niz·ing

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

   extremely painful

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

   Antonyms:
   painless

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1. List of paraphrases for "agonizing":

   painful, distressing, nagging, harrowing

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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. Muhammadu Buhari:

   I join the families and people of Zamfara State in welcoming and celebrating the release of these traumatized female students, being held in captivity is an agonizing experience not only for the victims, but also their families and all of us.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   I remember during the tax bill, people were agonizing over whether one part of the tax bill was permanent or not. I said,' Look, the only way the tax bill is permanent depends on the next election,' because people have different views about taxes in the two parties and they approach it differently when they get in power.

4. Barbara King:

   There was one gorilla whose long-term mate and friend died in the zoo, and he first tried to revive her, even bringing her favorite food to her and putting it in her hand and poking her, and then at some point he seemed to come to a really stunning realization that his friend was not going to move. I don’t know if that’s a concept of death, but his behavior changed and he let out a very agonizing wail and stopped trying to revive her. Clearly something cognitive and emotional happened to him at that moment.

5. Mustafa Qadri:

   FIFA has spent much time, money and political capital investigating alleged corruption in the Russia and Qatar World Cup bids, and agonizing over the scheduling of the tournament, but the organization has yet to demonstrate any real commitment to ensuring Qatar 2022 is not built on a foundation of exploitation and abuse.