Psychological Distress Vocabulary

adverb in a way that causes great physical or mental pain

• The patient endured an agonizingly long wait for the test results.
• It was agonizingly boring sitting through that lecture.
• I'm agonizingly hangry right now, let's grab some food!
• The decision to break up with her was agonizingly difficult for him.

noun a physical discomfort or suffering caused by illness or injury

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• Dealing with constant technical issues can be a real pain in the neck in the workplace.
• My noisy neighbors are such a pain in the neck, always playing loud music late at night.
• This project is turning out to be a real pain in the neck, I can't seem to get anything right.
• Having to wait in long lines at the grocery store is a real pain in the neck.