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- DictionaryAg·o·niz·ing/ˈaɡəˌnīziNG/
adjective
- 1. causing great physical or mental pain: "an agonizing death"
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. late 16th cent.: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’.
adjective. ( also UK -ising) uk / ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ / us. causing you a lot of pain or worry: an agonizing choice. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. (Definition of agonizing from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
May 1, 2024 · 1. adjective. Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain. He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother. 2. adjective. Agonizing decisions and choices are very difficult to make. He now faced an agonizing decision about his immediate future. More Synonyms of agonizing.
5 days ago · intransitive verb. If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it. Perhaps he was agonizing over the moral issues involved. Synonyms: suffer, labour, worry, struggle More Synonyms of agonize. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
to suffer great pain, anguish, or anxiety, as by thinking about something continuously: They agonized every night over their decision. ag•o•nized, adj.: agonized cries of pain. ag•o•niz•ing, adj.: an agonizing decision. ag•o•niz•ing•ly, adv. See -agon-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2021.
showing or feeling extreme physical or mental pain: We heard an agonized cry. She gave him an agonized look. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Pain & painful. -racked. aches and pains. agonizing. be murder on somethingidiom.
agonising. Other forms: agonisingly. Definitions of agonising. adjective. extremely painful. synonyms: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous. painful. causing physical or psychological pain. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Agonising."
