“Agonizing” or “Agonising”

Language

Agonizing and agonising are both English terms.

Usage

Agonizing is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while agonising is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
agonizing	97	22	66	94	91	34	0	0	39	0	0	0
agonising	3	78	34	6	9	66	0	100	61	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "agonizing" over "agonising" (97 to 3).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 78 to 22 preference for "agonising" over "agonizing".
• In India, there is a preference for "agonizing" over "agonising" (66 to 34).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "agonizing" over "agonising" (94 to 6).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "agonizing" over "agonising" (91 to 9).
• In Australia, there is a 66 to 34 preference for "agonising" over "agonizing".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "agonizing" and "agonising".
• In Ireland, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "agonising" over "agonizing".
• In New Zealand, there is a 61 to 39 preference for "agonising" over "agonizing".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "agonizing" and "agonising".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "agonizing" and "agonising".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "agonizing" and "agonising".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use agonizing or agonising with sample sentences.

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