[f. AGONIZE v. + -ING1.] The action of putting forth excessive exertion, struggling, suffering anguish.
1813. Mrs. Schimmelpenninck, trans. Lancelot’s Tour (1816), I. 71. This agonizing must as much relate to that vile body, which even St. Paul kept under.
1882. Pall Mall G., 14 Nov., 5/1. [His] continual agonizings with his hopeless passion.
