agonising
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Definition(s):
- (adj) extremely painful
Synonym(s)
Usage(s):
- I recall the late Robin Cook, Foreign Minister in the Blair Cabinet spending hours with us agonising about what to do as he saw the rush to war.
Quotes
- "I want to know what you're thinking on one of the most important questions of this campaign," Clinton, a Democrat, said in a mock-serious tone during the initial video. "It's something we've been struggling with, debating, agonising over for...on May 25, 2007 By: Hillary Rodham Clinton Source: Sydney Morning Herald
- If accepted, the claim would force an "agonising reappraisal of the Eurocentric view of history", Menzies says in his book "1434: The Year A Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed To Italy and Ignited The Renaissance".on Jul 28, 2008 By: Gavin Menzies Source: Reuters UK
- Roger Ebert called it "an agonising experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented."on Jul 6, 2010 By: Roger Ebert Source: Financial Express
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