Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to agonize
Participle: agonized
Gerund: agonizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | agonize |
| you | agonize |
| he;she;it | agonizes |
| we | agonize |
| you | agonize |
| they | agonize |
Perfect
| I | have agonized |
| you | have agonized |
| he;she;it | has agonized |
| we | have agonized |
| you | have agonized |
| they | have agonized |
Past
| I | agonized |
| you | agonized |
| he;she;it | agonized |
| we | agonized |
| you | agonized |
| they | agonized |
Pluperfect
| I | had agonized |
| you | had agonized |
| he;she;it | had agonized |
| we | had agonized |
| you | had agonized |
| they | had agonized |
Future
| I | will agonize |
| you | will agonize |
| he;she;it | will agonize |
| we | will agonize |
| you | will agonize |
| they | will agonize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have agonized |
| you | will have agonized |
| he;she;it | will have agonized |
| we | will have agonized |
| you | will have agonized |
| they | will have agonized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | agonize |
| you | agonize |
| he;she;it | agonize |
| we | agonize |
| you | agonize |
| they | agonize |
Perfect
| I | have agonized |
| you | have agonized |
| he;she;it | have agonized |
| we | have agonized |
| you | have agonized |
| they | have agonized |
Imperfect
| I | agonized |
| you | agonized |
| he;she;it | agonized |
| we | agonized |
| you | agonized |
| they | agonized |
Pluperfect
| I | had agonized |
| you | had agonized |
| he;she;it | had agonized |
| we | had agonized |
| you | had agonized |
| they | had agonized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would agonize |
| you | would agonize |
| he;she;it | would agonize |
| we | would agonize |
| you | would agonize |
| they | would agonize |
Perfect
| I | would have agonized |
| you | would have agonized |
| he;she;it | would have agonized |
| we | would have agonized |
| you | would have agonized |
| they | would have agonized |
Imperative
| you | agonize |
| we | Let's agonize |
| you | agonize |
Verbs conjugated like 'agonize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'agonize'
adonize,
agnize,
agonise,
adonise,
Adonize,
agatize,
agnise,
agrize,
anionize,
anodize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to worry excessively
- bereave, fret, lament, torture
- to feel pain
- ache, anguish, passion, suffer, thole, wark
- suffer
- rack, torment, writhe, struggle, wince
Antonyms
- to worry excessively
- chill, relax, take it easy
- suffer
- resist, repel, reject, repudiate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French agoniser, from Late Latin agonizare, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai, “to fight, contend”). See agony. By surface analysis, agon + -ize. See: French '
agoniser'.
Sample Sentences
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His Touch, if tremblingly alive all o’er, / To smart, and agonize at ev’ry pore? [1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 13, lines 223–24:]
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So I took a last stare round, agonizing to see if there was any way of escape; but the stone walls and roof were solid enough to crush me, and the stack of casks too closely packed to hide more than a rat. [[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:]
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That dreadful bill […] was one of the chief torments of her life. At all hours of the night or day it was waiting just round the corner of her consciousness, ready to spring upon her and agonise her […] [1935, George Orwell, A Clergyman’s Daughter, page 8:]