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What is another word for agonizing?

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Adjective

Causing great physical or mental pain

Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

Noun

A consideration for or reasoning

Verb

Present participle for to cause anguish or distress to

Present participle for to feel anguish or distress

Present participle for to feel deep sadness, distress or anguish

Present participle for to think or contemplate deeply about something

Present participle for to wriggle or twist the body, especially due to nervousness, discomfort or embarrassment

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Adjective

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Causing great physical or mental pain

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

beyond endurance

enough to try the patience of Job

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonising^UK

rubbing the wrong way

savoury^UK

savory^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“I imagine that I'm going to be impaled on a million poisonous needles and die a slow, agonizing death.”

Adjective

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Causing distress, sadness or anxiety

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonising^UK

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unfavorable^US

bedevilling^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

soul-stirring

scabrous

enough to drive you up the wall

bedeviling^US

demoralized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

demoralised^UK

meagre^UK

meager^US

ill-favored^US

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Adjective

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Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

feeling uncomfortable

playing up

giving someone gyp

giving someone trouble

agonized^US

agonised^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

agonising^UK

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Adjective

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Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

agonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

tremendously difficult

impossible to cope with

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Noun

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A consideration for or reasoning

agonising^UK

judgement^UK

judgment^US

thinking of other things

period of deliberation

period of contemplation

spell of contemplation

period of reflection

spell of deliberation

inquiry^US

enquiry^UK

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Verb

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Present participle for to cause anguish or distress to

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

besieging

laboring^US

labouring^UK

inflicting anguish on

inflicting suffering on

traumatising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

breaking the heart of

making miserable

making wretched

stirring up

causing discomfort to

bending someone's ear

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

discriminating against

making severe demands on

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

pushing the buttons of

giving offence to

riding

gripping

putting the squeeze on

jumping on one's case

agonising^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

brutalizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

abasing

cramping

disappointing

getting on your nerves

brutalising^UK

giving someone the works

working over

giving someone the blues

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

making someone scratch their head

putting on the rack

terrifying

accosting

knocking the wind out of

dashing the hopes of

harshing one's mellow

causing someone distress

taking the heart out of

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking for six

knocking the stuffing out of

bearing down

breaking someone's heart

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

making your gorge rise

grossing out

making someone want to throw up

turning stomach

making someone feel nauseous

rankling with

getting your back up

getting under your skin

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

dampening the spirits of

making someone suffer

taking the wind out of your sails

causing to lose heart

breathing down someone's neck

carping at

making somebody's hackles rise

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“She could not help but agonize herself wondering if Will was going to ask her to the dance.”

Verb

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Present participle for to feel anguish or distress

laboring^US

labouring^UK

feeling uneasy

upsetting oneself

exercising oneself

wrestling with oneself

eating your heart out

going through the mill

carrying a heavy load

getting into a dither

agonising^UK

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“Their generosity will mean that Joan will no longer need to agonize about her son and his future.”

Verb

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Present participle for to feel deep sadness, distress or anguish

eating your heart out

going through the mill

experiencing hardship

regretting the loss of

expressing sorrow about

plaining for

expressing sorrow for

agonising^UK

feeling remorseful about

reproaching oneself for

feeling apologetic about

feeling despondent about

chafing inwardly

sweating out

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“They agonize over the passing of those magic moments when it seemed that everyone was able to rally together and move to a common drumbeat.”

Verb

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Present participle for to think or contemplate deeply about something

beating one's brains out about

giving consideration to

agonising^UK

putting on thinking cap

analyzing^US

analysing^UK

turning over in one's mind

building castles in air

considering the pros and cons of

having your head in the clouds

running up a flagpole

asking oneself

giving much thought to

giving some thought to

letting one's thoughts wander

indulging in wool-gathering

taking under advisement

thinking things through

taking into consideration

cudgeling your brains

debating with oneself

deliberating upon

hashing over

entertaining the idea of

unraveling^US

unravelling^UK

keeping talking about

doping

keeping thinking about

going on about

spending too much time thinking about

conducting research into

applying reasoning to

applying logic to

doing research

conducting a survey of

taking under consideration

stopping to consider

beating one's brains

drifting off

staying in the clouds

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“But her husband will agonize over this decision. Again and again, he will consider all options while avoiding a final commitment.”

Verb

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Present participle for to wriggle or twist the body, especially due to nervousness, discomfort or embarrassment

agonising^UK

laboring^US

labouring^UK

shaking uncontrollably

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