What does "agonize" mean?
Agonize: To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Additional senses
- 2.To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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