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agonizing

adjective as in difficult and painful, suffering

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"Adenomyosis and endometriosis are different diseases, but there are similarities – people can present with heavy periods, agonizing pain often with periods but it can be throughout the menstrual cycle."

From BBC

But writing it, reconciling with his past, would prove pretty agonizing in its own right.

The long, and for some of us agonizing, wait is over for the best spy drama on TV.

We see that in “Sinners” when Delta Slim recalls a fellow musician’s lynching, then processes that agonizing memory by humming a stirring melody before urging Sammie to catch up on guitar.

From Salon

She described an agonizing hour clinging to a tree with her teenage son and waiting for the water to recede enough to walk up the hill to safety.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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