Agonise
to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in .
to put forth great effort of any kind.
to distress with extreme pain; torture.
historical examples
oth-llo must not agonise for a cloak, but ‘the little orphan alice fell’ has nothing else to agonise for.
oxford lectures on poetry andrew cecil bradley
if we agonise that we and our descendants may rise, life is worth living.
life of charles darwin g. t. (george thomas) bettany
his exhortation and command rather is, “strive”—“knock”—agonise to “enter in!”
memories of bethany john ross macduff
no one can make me believe that it is to be ascribed to this scandalous government, under which we agonise.
the last hope henry seton merriman
verb
to suffer or cause to suffer agony
(intransitive) to make a desperate effort; struggle; strive
v.
1580s, “to torture,” from middle french agoniser or directly from medieval latin agonizare, from greek agonizesthai “to contend in the struggle” (see agony). intransitive sense of “to suffer physical pain” is recorded from 1660s. that of “to worry intensely” is from 1853. related: agonized; agonizing.
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