agonizing

adj.

1.

causing agony. Opposite to painless.

Adj.

1.

agonizing - extremely painful Synonyms: agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous

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