Definition of 'agonize'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present
tense agonizes
, present participle agonizing
, past tense, past participle agonized
regional note: in BRIT, also use agonise
verb
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verb
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Derived forms
adverb
Word origin of 'agonize'
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈagoˌnized or ˈagoˌnizing
1.
to make convulsive efforts; struggle
2.
to be in agony or great pain; feel anguish
verb transitive
3.
to cause great pain to; torture
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Derived forms
adjective
agonizingly (ˈagoˌnizingly)
adverb
Trends of 'agonize'
Used Rarely. agonize is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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Translations for 'agonize'
British English: agonize VERB
If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
Perhaps he was agonizing over the moral issues involved.
- American English: agonize
- Brazilian Portuguese: remoer
- Chinese: 伤脑筋
- European Spanish: inquietarse
- French: se tourmenter
- German: sich quälen
- Italian: angosciarsi
- Japanese: 悩む
- Korean: 괴로워하다
- European Portuguese: remoer
- Spanish: inquietarse
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