Agonizing and Shocking

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Agonizing adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.

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Shocking and agonizing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Agonizing".

Nearby Words: agonize, agonise, agony, agonized, agonising

Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.

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Agonizing and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agonizing" instead an adjective "Shocking".

Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

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