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Definition of agonize in English: agonize(British agonise) verb ˈaɡənʌɪzˈæɡəˌnaɪz [no object]1Undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something. 感到极其痛苦，受折磨 I didn't agonize over the problem 我没有因为这个问题感到苦恼。 Example sentencesExamples - This is particularly agonizing because, although I feel confident about my exterior, I'm growing less confident about the reality beneath the clothes.
- I'm supposed to call him when I'm back in the big city to make arrangements, which is a plus because I won't be sitting around agonizing over when or if he's going to call.
- I ended up not bringing the chapter I've been agonizing over.
- I'm starting to make healthier choices - a side salad instead of chips - without agonizing over the decision.
- There's work, sometimes agonizing, but there is nothing like finally finishing a short story or a novel, holding it in your hands, and for awhile being completely satisfied, enchanted, and euphoric.
- We cut paper up into strips and squares, annoyed the guy at the copy shop, xeroxed the puzzle a few times and agonized over it for the better part of a night, finally getting the picture figured out around 8 am.
- Well, all due respect, and if comics buffs want to spend a lot of time and energy agonizing over whether comics get enough respect or not, why deny them the pleasure.
- Every weekend you arrange your roster, agonizing over each critical player; who to bench, who to play, who to drop, who to pick up.
- And you know, some of the notes, the decisions that he made, some of the original, agonizing - the photos tell the story.
- Forty days is the mourning period and he was working on that last, agonizing, poignant day because he too needed the money so desperately for his remaining small family.
- Whether you are worried about growing your company without losing control, agonising over funding, or designing a killer marketing campaign, our panellists can help you.
- He knows he's not supposed to dwell on what was or agonize about what might be.
- I've been agonizing over this decision for about a week.
- We agonize about these decisions, for ourselves when we are contemplating living wills, or for relatives and friends, only or mainly because we take our and their critical interests into account.
- Well, I think he's really agonizing about this decision.
- I obsess over it, agonize over it, ruminate over it.
- Seeing your worry written out externalizes what you have been agonizing over.
- Back in my day, we didn't worry about self-esteem or agonize over feelings.
- For all he agonised and fretted, he never fell apart.
- Just finished up a long phone conversation with Bill and Skippy, my friends from Kansas City who are agonizing over whether to make the big leap of moving here to New York.
Synonyms worry, fret, fuss, upset oneself, rack one's brains, wrestle with oneself, be worried, be anxious, feel uneasy, exercise oneself, brood, muse mull over, dwell on, contemplate, ruminate, chew over, puzzle over, speculate, weigh up, turn over in one's mind be indecisive informal stew archaic pore on - 1.1with object Cause mental anguish to.
使（某人）极度痛苦，折磨 a question which will agonize the technocrats Example sentencesExamples - So I was agonized by their fear and insecurity - the backlash.
- Viewers in those days were agonized by his notion of justice and fair play!
- This is not to say that he was not agonized by risky decisions he needed to make with regard to his career as a sage.
- The accession of the Dutch prince to the throne had agonized the Tories because it set aside both the reigning (or "abdicated") king and the Prince of Wales.
- His brain was dazed and still surging with the terrible thoughts which had agonized him the night before.
OriginLate 16th century: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai 'contend', from agōn 'contest'. Definition of agonize in US English: agonize(British agonise) verbˈæɡəˌnaɪzˈaɡəˌnīz [no object]1Undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something. 感到极其痛苦，受折磨 I didn't agonize over the problem 我没有因为这个问题感到苦恼。 Example sentencesExamples - Just finished up a long phone conversation with Bill and Skippy, my friends from Kansas City who are agonizing over whether to make the big leap of moving here to New York.
- Forty days is the mourning period and he was working on that last, agonizing, poignant day because he too needed the money so desperately for his remaining small family.
- Whether you are worried about growing your company without losing control, agonising over funding, or designing a killer marketing campaign, our panellists can help you.
- Seeing your worry written out externalizes what you have been agonizing over.
- I'm supposed to call him when I'm back in the big city to make arrangements, which is a plus because I won't be sitting around agonizing over when or if he's going to call.
- I've been agonizing over this decision for about a week.
- I ended up not bringing the chapter I've been agonizing over.
- I'm starting to make healthier choices - a side salad instead of chips - without agonizing over the decision.
- He knows he's not supposed to dwell on what was or agonize about what might be.
- This is particularly agonizing because, although I feel confident about my exterior, I'm growing less confident about the reality beneath the clothes.
- Back in my day, we didn't worry about self-esteem or agonize over feelings.
- Every weekend you arrange your roster, agonizing over each critical player; who to bench, who to play, who to drop, who to pick up.
- We agonize about these decisions, for ourselves when we are contemplating living wills, or for relatives and friends, only or mainly because we take our and their critical interests into account.
- And you know, some of the notes, the decisions that he made, some of the original, agonizing - the photos tell the story.
- For all he agonised and fretted, he never fell apart.
- I obsess over it, agonize over it, ruminate over it.
- Well, I think he's really agonizing about this decision.
- We cut paper up into strips and squares, annoyed the guy at the copy shop, xeroxed the puzzle a few times and agonized over it for the better part of a night, finally getting the picture figured out around 8 am.
- There's work, sometimes agonizing, but there is nothing like finally finishing a short story or a novel, holding it in your hands, and for awhile being completely satisfied, enchanted, and euphoric.
- Well, all due respect, and if comics buffs want to spend a lot of time and energy agonizing over whether comics get enough respect or not, why deny them the pleasure.
Synonyms worry, fret, fuss, upset oneself, rack one's brains, wrestle with oneself, be worried, be anxious, feel uneasy, exercise oneself, brood, muse - 1.1with object Cause mental anguish to (someone).
使（某人）极度痛苦，折磨 Example sentencesExamples - So I was agonized by their fear and insecurity - the backlash.
- This is not to say that he was not agonized by risky decisions he needed to make with regard to his career as a sage.
- Viewers in those days were agonized by his notion of justice and fair play!
- His brain was dazed and still surging with the terrible thoughts which had agonized him the night before.
- The accession of the Dutch prince to the throne had agonized the Tories because it set aside both the reigning (or "abdicated") king and the Prince of Wales.
OriginLate 16th century: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’. |