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AGONIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they agonize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it agonizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: agonized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: agonized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: agonizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffer agony or anguishplay

Synonyms:

agonise; agonize

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "agonize" is one way to...):

suffer (experience (emotional) pain)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

agony (a state of acute pain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to agonizeplay

Synonyms:

agonise; agonize

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "agonize" is one way to...):

anguish; hurt; pain (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)

Cause:

agonise; agonize (suffer agony or anguish)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will agonize him

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