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Definition for Agonizing
agonized
agony
agonizing
, verbal adj. [see
agony
, n.]
Anguish-causing; excruciating; distressing; torturous; [fig.] harmful; insidious; pernicious; treacherous.
Painful to express; difficult to speak; hard to articulate.
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