agonizing

Meaning

Adj

Causing physical or mental agony.

Verb

present participle and gerund of agonize

Noun

The act of one who agonizes.

agonize

1. (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
2. (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
3. (transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
4. (transitive) To act as an agonist upon; to combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

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Synonyms

excruciating

painful

agonising

torturous

tormenting

poignant

distressing

torturing

torturesome

hideous

horrible

harrowing

ghastly

in anguish

grueling

afflictive

gruelling

agonised

agonized

anguishing

bitter

desperate

grueling

gruelling

racking

troublesome

trying

woeful

wrenching

Translations

quälend

agonisant

angoissant

straziante

angustioso

😧

qualvoll

αγωνιώδης

agónico

agonizante

navrant

torturant

angustiante

tourmentante

accablant

atroce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/