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- DictionaryAg·o·niz·ing/ˈaɡəˌnīziNG/
adjective
- 1. causing great physical or mental pain: "an agonizing death"
AGONIZING meaning: 1. causing extreme physical or mental pain: 2. causing extreme worry: 3. causing extreme physical…. Learn more.
Definition of agonizing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
agonize (over/about something) to spend a long time thinking and worrying about a difficult situation or problem I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. Word Origin late 16th cent.: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare , from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’.
AGONIZING definition: causing you a lot of pain or worry: . Learn more.
agonizing meaning: causing you a lot of pain or worry: . Learn more.
5 days ago · agonizing in British English. or agonising (ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ ) adjective. 1. causing acute mental pain. The family now faces an agonizing wait for news of their daughter's fate. It was an agonizing choice to have to make. He faced an agonizing decision about his future. 2.
agonize. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ag‧o‧nize (also agonise British English) /ˈæɡənaɪz/ verb [ intransitive] to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort agonize over/about All the way home she agonized about what she should do. —agonizing noun [ uncountable] → See Verb table ...
