to agonize (over)

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• agonize — v. (D; intr.) to agonize over (to agonize over a decision) * * * [ ægənaɪz] (D; intr.) to agonize over (to agonize over a decision) …   Combinatory dictionary

• agonize — UK [ˈæɡənaɪz] / US [ˈæɡəˌnaɪz] verb [intransitive] Word forms agonize : present tense I/you/we/they agonize he/she/it agonizes present participle agonizing past tense agonized past participle agonized to spend a long time worrying and being upset …   English dictionary

• agonize — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• agonize — [[t]æ̱gənaɪz[/t]] agonizes, agonizing, agonized VERB If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it. [V over/about n] Perhaps he was agonizing over the moral issues involved... [V ing] She… …   English dictionary

• agonize — ag|o|nize [ ægə,naız ] verb intransitive to spend a long time worrying and being upset about something: agonize over/about: For years I agonized over whether I could have helped my daughter …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• agonize — ag|o|nize also agonise BrE [ˈægənaız] v to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort agonize over/about ▪ All the way home she agonized about what she should do. >agonizing[i] n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• agonize — [v] suffer or cause another to suffer afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out*, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues*, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly* …   New thesaurus

• over-agitated — to over agonize: see over …   Useful english dictionary

• agonize — v 1. suffer, writhe, bleed, go through hell, be in misery. 2. struggle, wrestle, grapple, fight with; labor, toil, strive, strain, exert oneself, exercise oneself, work on; pour over, worry over, trouble oneself over, lose sleep over, Sl. beat… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• agonize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. anguish, struggle, writhe; see suffer 1 , worry 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. suffer, bleed, struggle, worry, fret, torture oneself, stew, lose sleep over, brood over, *sweat bullets, writhe, stay awake nights,… …   English dictionary for students

• agonize — also ise BrE verb (I) to think about a difficult decision very carefully and with a lot of effort (+ over/about): There s no point in agonizing over which route to take. agonizing noun (U): This time there was none of the agonizing and guilt that …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English