agonizing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

agonizing
    adj 1: extremely painful [syn: {agonizing}, {agonising},
           {excruciating}, {harrowing}, {torturing}, {torturous},
           {torturesome}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

agonizing \agonizing\ adj.
   causing agony. Opposite to {painless}.

   Syn: excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous,
        torturesome.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. ?.
   See {Agony}.]
   1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
      [1913 Webster]

            To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "agonizing":
      acute, afflictive, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel,
      desolating, distressful, distressing, excruciating, exquisite,
      fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh,
      heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding,
      hurtful, hurting, intense, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant,
      pungent, racking, rending, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic,
      spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormented,
      tormenting, tortured, torturing, torturous, vehement, violent

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