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to agonize
01
to suffer mental pain or intense worry about a difficult decision or situation
Intransitive: to agonize over sth | to agonize about sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
agonize
3rd person singular
agonizes
Past simple
agonized
Past participle
agonized
Examples
She agonized over whether to accept the job offer or stay in her current position.
02
to make someone feel great emotional pain or distress
Transitive: to agonize sb
Examples
The thought of losing her job agonized her for days.
Lexical Tree
agonized
agonizing
agonize
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