agonising

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Positive agonising

Comparative more agonising

Superlative most agonising

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

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

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

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

Verb

Plain form agonise

Third-person singular agonises

Past tense agonised

Past participle agonised

Present participle agonising

1. The present participle of agonise.

Related words

• agony
• agonise