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What is the adjective for agonize?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb agonise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

agonic
  1. (psychology) Of a mode of social interaction, based on threats, displays of power, or inducement of anxiety.
  2. (medicine) Occurring shortly after death.
  3. Characterized by agony.
  4. Examples:
      5. “When using a compass east of the agonic line, the needle points in a direction that is west of true north.”
      “The agonic line goes through Wisconsin near my home but I still have a 1.5 degree east error.”
      “West of the agonic line, the needle points east of true north, and has an easterly or positive declination.”
agonic
  1. (geometry) Lacking an angle.
  2. (cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.
  3. Examples:
      4. “When using a compass east of the agonic line, the needle points in a direction that is west of true north.”
      “The agonic line goes through Wisconsin near my home but I still have a 1.5 degree east error.”
      “West of the agonic line, the needle points east of true north, and has an easterly or positive declination.”
agonizing
  1. Causing physical or mental agony.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excruciating, harrowing, painful, distressing, grievous, severe, harsh, torturous, intense, tormenting, disturbing, bitter, heartbreaking, extreme, fierce, acute, unbearable, galling, racking, cruel, heartrending, violent, piercing, unendurable, searing, insufferable, tortuous, afflicting, hurtful, torturing, wrenching, raging, worrying, exquisite, hellish, vehement, killing, suffering, tearing, struggling, heart-rending, gut-wrenching, more than one can bear, more than flesh and blood can stand, sharp, terrible, dreadful, shooting, stabbing, frightful … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I imagine that I'm going to be impaled on a million poisonous needles and die a slow, agonizing death.”
agonous
  1. (rare) Possessing or filled with agony.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. agonious, anguished, distressed, excruciating, harrowing, pained, painful, suffering, tormented, tormenting, wretched … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His agonous torture, at the hands of his captors, seemed to last for ages.”
agonised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of agonise
agonising
  1. present participle of agonise
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