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agonize


1580s, "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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===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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(v) cause to agonize(v) suffer agony or anguish
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(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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