agonizing

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Pronunciation[change]

Adjective[change]

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[change]

Plain form
agonize

Third-person singular
agonizes

Past tense
agonized

Past participle
agonized

Present participle
agonizing

  1. The present participle of agonize.

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