Verbseoul.
ㅂ irregular (adj)
고통스럽다gotongseureopdapainful, agonizing

To say painful, agonizing politely in the present tense, use 고통스러워요 (goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 고통스럽다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
고통스러워
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh
고통스러워요
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-yoh
고통스럽습니다
goh-tohng-seu-ruhp-sseum-nee-dah
Past
고통스러웠어
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-ssuh
고통스러웠어요
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-ssuh-yoh
고통스러웠습니다
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-sseum-nee-dah
Future
고통스러울 거야
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-ool- -guh-yah
고통스러울 거예요
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-ool- -guh-yae-yoh
고통스러울 겁니다
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-ool- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
고통스러우세요
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-oo-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
고통스러워요
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-yoh
Question Polite (요)
고통스러워요?
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-wuh-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
고통스럽고
goh-tohng-seu-ruhp-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
고통스러우면
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-oo-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
고통스러움
goh-tohng-seu-ruh-oom