ago·nize agonizes agonizing agonized in BRIT, also use agonise 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. to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort agonize over/about
ago·niz·ing in BRIT, also use agonising1. 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 + agonizingly ago·niz·ing·ly Progress was agonizingly slow