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[ ag-uh-nahyz ] / ˈæg əˌnaɪz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR agonize ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing.to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony. to put forth great effort of any kind. verb (used with object), ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing.to distress with extreme pain; torture. Also especially British, ag·o·nise . Origin of agonize1575–85; <Medieval Latin agōnizāre<Greek agōnízesthai to struggle (for a prize), equivalent to agōn-agon + -izesthai-ize Words nearby agonizea goner, agonic, agonic line, agonist, agonistic, agonize, agonized, agonizing, agony, agony aunt, agony column Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for agonizeIf you imagine, agonize, and stew about worst-case scenarios, it actually forces your brain to live every dark and scary situation you can conjure up. What mental health professionals have learned six months into pandemic care|Marion Renault|October 8, 2020|Popular Science For the past several months, state and local leaders have publicly agonized over opening bars and restaurants. San Diego Unified Decision Underscores Districts’ Wildly Different Reopening Plans|Will Huntsberry|July 13, 2020|Voice of San Diego The key is how much we can brood, and what is meant by brooding—is it to daydream, or is it to agonize over every detail? ‘True Detective,’ Obsessive-Compulsive Noir, and ‘Twin Peaks’|Jimmy So|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The revenge factor would have been an added bonus, but really, what I wanted was for people to agonize over why I'd done it. I Was Adam Lanza, Part 3|David Frum|December 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Parents stood up to agonize about their responsibility, as cosigners, for the loans of their now unemployed offspring. NYU Professor: Are Student Loans Immoral?|Andrew Ross|September 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST I might agonize in words for a day and I should not express the delight. Wilfrid Cumbermede|George MacDonald Then let him suffer, let him agonize; let him, if possible, break and go to that Hell that is the abode of broken resolves. The Good Soldier|Ford Madox Ford To agonize and struggle in a bad condition is like struggling in quicksand, you get in deeper. Supreme Personality|Delmer Eugene Croft Then, why agonize, why allow himself to be riven and tormented by longings and fears that seemed born out of something eternal? In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens To that extent we, as much as he, are to blame for his crime and we must never cease to agonize for him and for such as he. Under the Law|Edwina Stanton Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for agonize
verbto suffer or cause to suffer agony (intr) to make a desperate effort; struggle; strive Derived forms of agonizeagonizingly or agonisingly, adverbWord Origin for agonizeC16: via Medieval Latin from Greek agōnizesthai to contend for a prize, from agōn agon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to agonizedisturb, lament, harrow, excruciate, crucify, bleed, squirm, pain, afflict, torture, writhe, hurt, try, strain, torment, struggle, wince, labor, strive, martyr |