Thesaurus: agonize

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1. v. i. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
2. v. i. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
3. v. t. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
4. v. cause to agonize
5. v. suffer agony or anguish
6. 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. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.
7. To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; totorture.He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.
8. v:100 v. cause to agonize v. suffer agony or anguish