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agonize1580s, "to torture," from Middle French agoniser or directly from Medieval Latin agonizare, from Greek agonizesthai "contend in the struggle" (see agony). Intransitive sense of &qu [..]
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agonize===Verb===
====to agonize as in worry excessively====
=====Synonyms=====
agonize
lament
bereave
fret
torture
agony
agonizing
===External links===
* Roget 1911
* Moby II
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agonize(v) cause to agonize(v) suffer agony or anguish
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agonize
(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
* Alexander Pope:
*: To smart and agonize at every pore.
(intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
* '''1898 [..]
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