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ag·o·nize
 agonize
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- pronunciation:
- ae
g
naIz
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
agonizes, agonizing, agonized |
| definition 1: |
to suffer physical or mental agony.
While the patients agonized, the doctors did what they could to help them.She agonized over the decision to send the child away.- synonyms:
- anguish, bleed, suffer, writhe
- similar words:
- ache, worry
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| definition 2: |
to expend great mental or physical effort, often with anxiety.
I agonized over the physics test.- synonyms:
- labor, struggle, sweat, toil
- similar words:
- fight, grapple, pore over, strive, worry, wrestle
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| related words: |
ail, fret, suffer |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause physical or mental agony in.
The pain agonized her for months.- synonyms:
- afflict, anguish, hurt, pain, rack, rend, torment
- similar words:
- crucify, distress, grieve, outrage, plague, torture, trouble, worry
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| definition 2: |
to express as part of one's distress, frustration, or regret.
"Why didn't I warn them?" she agonized. |
| related words: |
lacerate, martyr |
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| derivations: |
agonizing (adj.), agonizingly (adv.) |
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