Thesaurus:agonizing

Thesaurus

agonizing

English

Adjective

Sense: agonizing; causing pain or agony

Synonyms

• agonizing
• ailsome
• excruciating
• groanful (obsolete)
• hurtful
• painable (obsolete)
• painful    [⇒ thesaurus]
• terrible
• tormenting
• tormentous (rare, dated)
• torturous
• unpleasant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wrenchful (rare)

Antonyms

• pleasant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pleasing

See also

• Thesaurus:agonize
• Thesaurus:agony
• Thesaurus:agonized
• Thesaurus:painful
• Thesaurus:torture

Further reading

• “agonizing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “agonizing” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.