agonising

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   extremely painful

   Synonymsagonizingexcruciatingharrowingtorturingtorturoustorturesome

   Similarpainful

Questions about agonising

What does agonising mean?

agonising means "extremely painful".

How many syllables are in agonising?

agonising has 4 syllables: a-go-ni-sing. The stress falls on "go".

What is another word for agonising?

Close synonyms include agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agonising a common word?

agonising is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.