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Definition of agonize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

agonize

verb

NAmE//ˈæɡəˌnaɪz//

[intransitive] agonize (over/about something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they agonize

he / she / it agonizes

past simple agonized

-ing form agonizing

to spend a long time thinking and worrying about a difficult situation or problem I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not.

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