 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
agonize
verb
1: cause to agonize [syn: {agonise}]
2: suffer agony or anguish [syn: {agonise}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Agonized}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Agonizing}.] [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. ?.
See {Agony}.]
1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
To smart and agonize at every pore. --Pope.
2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, verb (used with an object)
To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to
torture.
He agonized his mother by his behavior. --Thackeray.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "agonize":
ache, afflict, agonize over, ail, anguish, battle, be at sea,
be uncertain, bear, beat about, bite, blanch, bleed, blench,
bloody, brood over, buffet, burn, chafe, claw, contend, convulse,
crucify, cut, desolate, distress, doubt, endure, excruciate,
feel pain, feel the pangs, feel unsure, fester, fight, flounder,
fret, gall, give pain, gnaw, go hard with, grate, grieve, grimace,
grind, gripe, grope, grunt and sweat, harrow, hassle,
have a misery, huff and puff, hurt, impale, inflame, inflict pain,
irritate, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate, macerate, martyr,
martyrize, mope, mourn, nip, pain, pierce, pinch, pine, pine away,
pound, prick, prolong the agony, punish, put to torture,
puzzle over, question, rack, rankle, rasp, rip, rub, savage,
scarify, scuffle, shoot, shrink, smart, sorrow, squirm, stab,
sting, strive, struggle, suffer, suffer anguish, take on,
thrash about, thrill, throb, tingle, torment, torture, toss,
trouble, try, tussle, tweak, twinge, twist, twitch, wince, wonder,
wonder whether, wound, wrestle, wring, writhe
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