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Agonized vs Agonizing - What's the difference?

agonized | agonizing |

As verbs the difference between agonized and agonizing

is that agonized is past tense of agonize while agonizing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective agonizing is

causing agony.

As a noun agonizing is

the act of one who agonizes.

agonized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (agonize)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    agonize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * agonise

    Verb

    (agoniz)
  • To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
  • * (Alexander Pope):
    • To smart and agonize at every pore.
  • To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet), chapter 3:
    • So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat.

    Related terms

    * agon, agony

    agonizing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing agony.
    • It was an agonizing twenty-minute wait for the results.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who agonizes.
  • * 1918 , W. H. Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago
    • I never breathed a word of my doubts and mental agonizings to my mother; I spoke to her only of my bodily sufferings; yet she knew it all, and I knew that she knew.