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What is another word for agonising?

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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

The act or process of being in thought

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 feel or express emotional or mental anguish

Present participle for wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort

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Adjective

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Causing great physical or mental pain

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

beyond endurance

enough to try the patience of Job

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

agonising^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

full of ups and downs

wintry^US

driven to distraction

raining cats and dogs

not backward in coming forward

wintery^UK

not knowing what to do with oneself

at the end of your tether

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

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

bedevilling^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

soul-stirring

scabrous

enough to drive you up the wall

bedeviling^US

unfavorable^US

gray^US

grey^UK

meager^US

meagre^UK

colorless^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

colourless^UK

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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

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Noun

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A consideration for or reasoning

agonising^UK

judgement^UK

judgment^US

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Noun

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The act or process of being in thought

agonising^UK

judgement^UK

judgment^US

mental representation

realizing^US

period of deliberation

period of contemplation

spell of contemplation

period of reflection

spell of deliberation

realising^UK

theorizing^US

tablets of the memory

theorising^UK

realization^US

realisation^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

hurting somebody's feelings

breaking the heart of

inflicting pain on

inflicting suffering on

making miserable

making wretched

stirring up

causing discomfort to

victimizing^US

tyrannizing^US

bending someone's ear

grinding

victimising^UK

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

making severe demands on

pushing the buttons of

giving offence to

riding

gripping

putting the squeeze on

jumping on one's case

agonising^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

abasing

cramping

disappointing

getting on your nerves

giving someone the blues

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

making someone scratch their head

knocking the wind out of

dashing the hopes of

causing someone distress

harshing one's mellow

brutalizing^US

taking the heart out of

brutalising^UK

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

dashing hopes

keeping under

giving someone the works

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

pressing the panic button

getting into a state

going into a panic

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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

“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

giving consideration to

beating one's brains out about

agonising^UK

turning over in one's mind

rolling

mulling

putting on thinking cap

analysing^UK

analyzing^US

keeping talking about

taking stock of

keeping thinking about

thinking hard

wallowing in

running up a flagpole

asking oneself

giving much thought to

spending too much time thinking about

giving some thought to

considering the pros and cons of

debating with oneself

revolving in one's mind

taking under consideration

conducting research into

comparing

doing research

conducting a survey of

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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 feel or express emotional or mental anguish

Verb

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Present participle for wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort

feeling uncomfortable

agonising^UK

laboring^US

labouring^UK

baulking^UK

balking^US

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