Associations to the word «Agonize»

Wiktionary

AGONIZE, verb. (intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
AGONIZE, verb. (intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.

Dictionary definition

AGONIZE, verb. Cause to agonize.
AGONIZE, verb. Suffer agony or anguish.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky