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Word: Agonize
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈaɡənʌɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something
Short Definition:undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something
Examples:- I didn't agonize over the problem
Variant Forms:
- agonise
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