Agonizing
Agonizing adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Unfortunate and agonizing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Agonizing".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Agonizing and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agonizing" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pitiful and agonizing
- pitiful and unfortunate
- disturbing and agonizing
- disturbing and unfortunate
- grievous and agonizing
- grievous and unfortunate
- sad and agonizing
- sad and unfortunate
- miserable and agonizing
- miserable and unfortunate
- deplorable and agonizing
- deplorable and unfortunate
- terrible and agonizing
- terrible and unfortunate
Both words in one sentence
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This has the unfortunate side effect of sterilizing a third or so of the Ringworld, killing trillions of humanoids via slow, agonizing radiation poisoning.
Source: Godzilla Threshold -
A cut scene was to show there were two humans sent back to stop the terminator, but the unfortunate not-Reese ended up materializing half inside a wall resulting in an agonizing death.
Source: Franchise / Terminator
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