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ag·o·nize

(ăg′ə-nīz′)

v. ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es

v.intr.

1. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something: agonized over the difficult decision.

2. To suffer extreme pain: The explorers agonized in the hot sun.

v.tr.

To cause great pain or anguish to. See Synonyms at afflict.

[Medieval Latin agōnizāre, from Greek agōnizesthai, to struggle, from agōn, contest; see agony.]

ag′o·niz′ing·ly adv.

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Adv.

agonizingly - in a very painful manner; "the progress was agonizingly slow"

excruciatingly, torturously

Translations

mučivě

atrocement

gyötrõenkínzóan

skelfilega; á kvalafullan hátt

mučivo

büyük ıstırap içinde

agonizingly

[ˈægənaɪzɪŋlɪ] ADV (= painfully) → dolorosamente
it was agonizingly painful → era atrozmente doloroso
agonizingly close → angustiosamente cerca
agonizingly slow → terriblemente or desesperantemente lento

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agonizingly

[ˈægənaɪzɪŋli] agonisingly (British) adv

[slow] → terriblement
Progress was agonizingly slow → Les progrès étaient terriblement lents.

[hurt] → atrocement

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agonizingly

adv → qualvoll; agonizingly slow → aufreizend langsam

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agony

(ˈӕgəni) – plural ˈagonies – noun

great pain or suffering. The dying man was in agony; agonies of regret.

ˈagonized, ˈagonised adjective

showing agony. He had an agonized expression on his face as he lost the match.

ˈagonizing, ˈagonising adjective

causing agony. an agonizing pain.

agonizingly, agonisingly adverb

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There only, in the carriage that had crossed over to the other side of the road, and was rapidly disappearing, there only could he find the solution of the riddle of his life, which had weighed so agonizingly upon him of late.

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And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonizingly shot from the spiracle of the whale, and vehement puff after puff from the mouth of the excited headsman; as at every dart, hauling in upon his crooked lance (by the line attached to it), Stubb straightened it again and again, by a few rapid blows against the gunwale, then again and again sent it into the whale.

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That affair was the same thing as this soldier with the harsh voice, and it was that affair and this soldier that were so agonizingly, incessantly pulling and pressing his arm and always dragging it in one direction.

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When dressed, the three girls went up to show themselves to the elders, who were in grandma's room, where Tom was being helped into an agonizingly stiff collar.