agonize.
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
Meaning & usage
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
To cause agony or anguish in someone.
To act as an agonist upon; to combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Where this word comes from
From French agoniser, from Late Latin agonizare, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai, “to fight, contend”). See agony. By surface analysis, agon + -ize.
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