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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

/ ˈæɡəˌԲɪ /

verb

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

  • ˈˌԾԲ, adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of agonize1

1575–85; < Medieval Latin ōԾ < Greek ōíٳ󲹾 to struggle (for a prize), equivalent to ō- agon + -izesthai -ize
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of agonize1

C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek ōԾٳ󲹾 to contend for a prize, from ō agon
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Four months pregnant, she spent one agonizing day there withdrawing from opioids before she had a seizure and had to be rushed to the emergency room.

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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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