agonize
verb/ˈæɡənaɪz/
/ˈæɡənaɪz/
(British English also agonise)
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they agonize | /ˈæɡənaɪz/ /ˈæɡənaɪz/ |
| he / she / it agonizes | /ˈæɡənaɪzɪz/ /ˈæɡənaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple agonized | /ˈæɡənaɪzd/ /ˈæɡənaɪzd/ |
| past participle agonized | /ˈæɡənaɪzd/ /ˈæɡənaɪzd/ |
| -ing form agonizing | /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋ/ |
- agonize (over/about something) 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.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’.
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