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agonize

[ ag-uh-nahyz ]

verb (used without object)

agonized, agonizing.
  1. to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
  2. to put forth great effort of any kind.


verb (used with object)

agonized, agonizing.
  1. to distress with extreme pain; torture.

agonize

/ ˈæɡəˌ²Ô²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to suffer or cause to suffer agony
  2. intr to make a desperate effort; struggle; strive
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²¹²µ´ÇËŒ²Ô¾±³ú¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of agonize1

1575–85; < Medieval Latin ²¹²µÅ²Ô¾±³úÄå°ù±ð < Greek ²¹²µÅ²Ôí³ú±ð²õ³Ù³ó²¹¾± to struggle (for a prize), equivalent to ²¹²µÅ²Ô- agon + -izesthai -ize
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of agonize1

C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek ²¹²µÅ²Ô¾±³ú±ð²õ³Ù³ó²¹¾± to contend for a prize, from ²¹²µÅ²Ô agon
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And when he did contract COVID, he recounted his agonizing recovery.

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But grappling with the dilemma of who he would chose as his wife was agonizing.

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Robertson “literally suffocated, while being completely and tragically aware of what was happening to him, but powerless to stop the inevitable result, his slow and agonizing death from oxygen deprivation,†the lawsuit said.

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“We don’t agonize, we organize, and this day, today, we have scores of events across the country, starting in New York,†Pelosi echoed hours later.

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He agonized over their 22-year-old son, who had just witnessed his mother’s violent death, and vowed not to cheat the law with “subterfuge.â€

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