Agonize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To suffer extreme pain or great anguish.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a great effort; struggle.
  • v. To cause great pain or anguish to. See Synonyms at afflict.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
  • v. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
  • verb-intransitive. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
  • v. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To struggle; wrestle, as in the arena; hence, to make great effort of any kind.
  • To writhe with extreme pain; suffer violent anguish.
  • To distress with extreme pain; torture.
  • Also spelled agonise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause to agonize
  • v. suffer agony or anguish
  • Verb Form
    agonized    agonizes    agonizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurt    pain    anguish    suffer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    struggle    wrestle    torture    suffer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    antagonize   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    excruciating    unbearable    painful    sicken    poignant    anguished    madden    inward    convulsive    overwhelm