agonize

agonize
    v 1: cause to agonize [syn: {agonize}, {agonise}]
    2: suffer agony or anguish [syn: {agonize}, {agonise}]
    

Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. i. [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.
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            To smart and agonize at every pore.   --Pope.
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   2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
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Agonize \Ag"o*nize\, v. t.
   To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to
   torture.
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         He agonized his mother by his behavior.  --Thackeray.
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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