agonizing

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: ag‧o‧niz‧ing

Adjective

Positive agonizing

Comparative more agonizing

Superlative most agonizing

1. An agonizing choice, decision, wait, etc. is one that is very, very difficult.

   The wait to hear whether his wife had survived was agonizing.

2. An agonizing death, pain, or injury is very, very painful.

   He died a slow, agonizing death after falling the in woods and breaking his both legs.

Verb

Plain form agonize

Third-person singular agonizes

Past tense agonized

Past participle agonized

Present participle agonizing

1. The present participle of agonize.

Related words

• agony
• agonize