What does agonizing mean?

agonizing means "extremely painful".

How many syllables are in agonizing?

agonizing has 4 syllables: ag-o-ni-zing. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/.

What is another word for agonizing?

Close synonyms include agonising, 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 agonizing a common word?

agonizing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

agonizing — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
extremely painful
Synonymsagonising excruciating harrowing torturing torturous torturesome
Similarpainful

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