agonize
To worry a lot and find it hard to decide.
To think about something so much that you feel very anxious, upset, or mentally torn, especially when trying to decide what to do.
To be in very strong pain.
To experience very severe physical pain.
To make someone feel very upset or worried.
To cause someone to feel great mental pain, worry, or guilt.
To try extremely hard, like it hurts.
To struggle with great effort, as if in pain; to strain hard to achieve or complete something.
- Base: agonize
- 3rd Person Singular: agonizes
- Present Participle: agonizing
- Past: agonized
agonize about
1worry intensely about something
To worry a lot about something.
- She agonized about what her parents would think.
- I used to agonize about making a mistake at work.
- Don’t agonize about it—nothing bad happened.
- He agonizes about the future.
agonize in pain
1suffer extreme physical pain
To be in very strong pain.
- He was agonizing in pain until the ambulance arrived.
- The dog lay in the corner, agonizing in pain after the accident.
- She spent the night agonizing in pain before she saw a doctor.
- He is agonizing in pain.
agonize over
1worry intensely about a decision
To worry a lot about a choice or problem.
- Stop agonizing over the wording and just send the message.
- He agonized over whether to accept the offer.
- They agonized over the decision for weeks.
- I agonized over my choice.
- She is agonizing over what to do.
don't agonize over it
1stop worrying so much
Don’t worry about it too much.
- Don’t agonize over it—you can always change your mind later.
- Don’t agonize over it; just pick one and move on.
- If you make a small mistake, don’t agonize over it.
- Don't agonize over it.
- Don't agonize over the details.
it agonizes me to think (that)...
1something causes deep distress
It makes me feel very upset to think about it.
- It agonizes me to think that he felt alone.
- It agonized her to think she might have caused the problem.
- It agonizes us to think of people sleeping outside in winter.
- It agonizes me to think about it.