Definitions for agonize

agonize ag·o·nize

Spelling: [ag-uh-nahyz]
IPA: /ˈæg əˌnaɪz/

Agonize is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in agonize (aeginoz).

Definitions for agonize

verb (used with object)

  1. to distress with extreme pain; torture.

verb (used without object)

  1. to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
  2. to put forth great effort of any kind.

Origin of agonize

1575-85; Medieval Latin agōnizāre Greek agōnízesthai to struggle (for a prize), equivalent to agōn- agon + -izesthai -ize

Examples for agonize

The great souls come and go and agonize and cry in the wilderness, and the little souls determine what shall be.

The key is how much we can brood, and what is meant by brooding—is it to daydream, or is it to agonize over every detail?

Never again shall he agonize in Gethsemane, and sweat great drops of blood.

May we know a little better what it is to agonize in prayer.

I might agonize in words for a day and I should not express the delight.

Parents stood up to agonize about their responsibility, as cosigners, for the loans of their now unemployed offspring.

Too far gone to agonize in prayer, I could only quietly, almost mutely, just tell him how the poor child had no clothes.

And this seething life, the turmoil and the noises of the city, agonize me.

The revenge factor would have been an added bonus, but really, what I wanted was for people to agonize over why I'd done it.

Some must agonize and spend their strength unavailingly, like birds beating their wings against the bars of a cage for freedom.

Word Value for agonize
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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