agonize
Significat (Anglès)
- (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
- (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
- (transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
- (transitive) To act as an agonist upon; to combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Conceptes
Sinònims
be dying
be distressed
feel anguish
feel uncomfortalbe
be in decline
be in agony
be near death
Traduccions
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈæ.ɡən.aɪz/
Etimologia (Anglès)
From French agoniser, from Late Latin agonizare, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai, “to fight, contend”). See agony.
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