agonize

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
2. (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
3. (transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
4. (transitive) To act as an agonist upon; to combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.

Sinonieme

torture

torment

agonise

suffer

harass

distress

struggle

rack

excruciate

afflict

be dying

harry

martyrize

obsess

persecute

pester

plague

scourge

squirm

stew

🍲

tormented

upset

worried

😟

worry

wrestle

be distressed

prey on

depression

pain

martyrise

feel anguish

feel uncomfortalbe

ache

be in decline

agony

anguish

bait

bedevil

be in agony

be near death

bully

flay

go to sleep

harrow

Vertalings

agonizar

agoniser

agonizzare

mit dem Tode ringen

agonizar

martirizzare

tourmenter

agonitzar

être à l’agonie

im Sterben liegen

zieltogen

martern

turmentar

martyriser

dem Ende nahe sein

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæ.ɡən.aɪz/

Etimologie (Engels)

From French agoniser, from Late Latin agonizare, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai, “to fight, contend”). See agony.