Agonize
verb
To worry or suffer greatly about something.
She agonized for days over whether to accept the job offer.
Often appears as...
- agonize over a decision
- agonize for days
verb
To cause someone to suffer or worry.
The decision to leave her job agonized her for weeks.
Often appears as...
- agonize someone for weeks
- decision agonizes
verb
To think hard about something risky.
They agonized over the possible negative effects of their new product.
Often appears as...
- agonize over the risks
- agonize over possibilities
verb
To worry or suffer greatly about something.
She agonized for days over whether to accept the job offer.
Often appears as...
- agonize over a decision
- agonize for days
verb
To cause someone to suffer or worry.
The decision to leave her job agonized her for weeks.
Often appears as...
- agonize someone for weeks
- decision agonizes
verb
To think hard about something risky.
They agonized over the possible negative effects of their new product.
Often appears as...
- agonize over the risks
- agonize over possibilities
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Indicates not just concern but deep emotional struggle.
I agonized over the eulogy I had to give.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Suffering
Often implies a long duration of distress, not a quick decision.
She agonized over the choice for weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Decisions
Used mainly for significant, life-changing decisions or concerns.
He agonized over his vote in the election.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Indicates not just concern but deep emotional struggle.
I agonized over the eulogy I had to give.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Suffering
Often implies a long duration of distress, not a quick decision.
She agonized over the choice for weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Decisions
Used mainly for significant, life-changing decisions or concerns.
He agonized over his vote in the election.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Indicates not just concern but deep emotional struggle.
I agonized over the eulogy I had to give.
Pro Tip 2/3Extended Suffering
Often implies a long duration of distress, not a quick decision.
She agonized over the choice for weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Decisions
Used mainly for significant, life-changing decisions or concerns.
He agonized over his vote in the election.
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How to spot a liar PIPE...
And you'll see when you see the video, she can't even pretend to be an agonizing mother. What you want to look for here is an incredible discrepancy between horrific events that she describes and her very, very cool demeanor. And if you look closely, you'll see duping delight throughout this video. Diane At night when I close my eyes,
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3 ways to make better...
is going to be worth more than one pretty good dinner. Computer science can also help to make it easier on us in other places at home and in the office. If you've ever had to tidy up your wardrobe, you've run into a particularly agonizing you have to decide what things you're going to keep
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How to make hard choices...
but leaves you cold. Or whether to donate your life savings to charity. Chances are, the hard choice you thought of was something big, something momentous, something that matters to you. Hard choices seem to be occasions for agonizing, hand-wringing, the gnashing of teeth.
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How to make your writing...
the title character is unaware that he has killed his own father and married his mother. But the audience knows, and watching Oedipus gradually learn the truth provides the story with its agonizing climax. And finally, the cliffhanger. Beware of overusing this one.
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Technology makes way for...
their relatives their children their work colleagues just like that no bribe needs to be paid now we were all agonizing about how do you get rid of corruption this got rid of corruption nobody bribes to buy a mobile phone you simply walk into a shop so you go from
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Debunking the myths of...
Knowing that your own brain is lying to you while not being able to resist its commands can be agonizing. But with knowledge and understanding comes the power to seek help, and future research into the brain may finally provide the answers we're looking for.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
Fourteen minutes is not enough time to fully credit those good and generous people who fought with me and for me and who waited to welcome me back from that agonized, lonely place. But together, they forged a blend of courage,
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How a Woman's Donated...
I'm not afraid of death this is a healer this can be a friend when you were in constant agonizing pain when you put me on your meat table you would be shocked because I have read all the words
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How I learned to read --...
I picked up a book, and it was the most agonizing time of my life, trying to learn how to read, the ostracizing from my family, the homeys. It was rough, man.
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Cheetah Cub Attacked By...
waiting for Toki to come round from the anesthetic was agonizing regardless of
Video examples
How to spot a liar PIPE...
And you'll see when you see the video, she can't even pretend to be an agonizing mother. What you want to look for here is an incredible discrepancy between horrific events that she describes and her very, very cool demeanor. And if you look closely, you'll see duping delight throughout this video. Diane At night when I close my eyes,
Video examples
3 ways to make better...
is going to be worth more than one pretty good dinner. Computer science can also help to make it easier on us in other places at home and in the office. If you've ever had to tidy up your wardrobe, you've run into a particularly agonizing you have to decide what things you're going to keep
Video examples
How to make hard choices...
but leaves you cold. Or whether to donate your life savings to charity. Chances are, the hard choice you thought of was something big, something momentous, something that matters to you. Hard choices seem to be occasions for agonizing, hand-wringing, the gnashing of teeth.
Video examples
How to make your writing...
the title character is unaware that he has killed his own father and married his mother. But the audience knows, and watching Oedipus gradually learn the truth provides the story with its agonizing climax. And finally, the cliffhanger. Beware of overusing this one.
Video examples
Technology makes way for...
their relatives their children their work colleagues just like that no bribe needs to be paid now we were all agonizing about how do you get rid of corruption this got rid of corruption nobody bribes to buy a mobile phone you simply walk into a shop so you go from
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
Knowing that your own brain is lying to you while not being able to resist its commands can be agonizing. But with knowledge and understanding comes the power to seek help, and future research into the brain may finally provide the answers we're looking for.
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
Fourteen minutes is not enough time to fully credit those good and generous people who fought with me and for me and who waited to welcome me back from that agonized, lonely place. But together, they forged a blend of courage,
Video examples
How a Woman's Donated...
I'm not afraid of death this is a healer this can be a friend when you were in constant agonizing pain when you put me on your meat table you would be shocked because I have read all the words
Video examples
How I learned to read --...
I picked up a book, and it was the most agonizing time of my life, trying to learn how to read, the ostracizing from my family, the homeys. It was rough, man.
Video examples
Cheetah Cub Attacked By...
waiting for Toki to come round from the anesthetic was agonizing regardless of
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
To learn a piece on the piano - even a simple one - has proved every bit as agonizing as writing a chapter in a book, every bit as tedious and hopeless and halting. But this is not to say that the piano hasn't helped my writing. It has, just not in the ways I expected.
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Michaela Watkins
American Actress
My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.
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Rose McGowan
American Actress
I'm not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can get it. For me personally, it's just kind of more instinctive. But I don't have kind of an acting background. I fell into it accidentally.
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Jane Siberry
Canadian Musician
I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come more easily than others and some you have to spend a lot of time on, but I think you have to watch that you don't take the life out of them by worrying too much.
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Sherilyn Fenn
American Actress
There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.
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Tony Goldwyn
American Actor
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.
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Andrew Shue
American Actor
When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.
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Kristin Scott Thomas
English Actress
As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.
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Julianna Baggott
Novelist
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life.
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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English Politician
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
To learn a piece on the piano - even a simple one - has proved every bit as agonizing as writing a chapter in a book, every bit as tedious and hopeless and halting. But this is not to say that the piano hasn't helped my writing. It has, just not in the ways I expected.
Quote examples
Michaela Watkins
American Actress
My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.
Quote examples
Rose McGowan
American Actress
I'm not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can get it. For me personally, it's just kind of more instinctive. But I don't have kind of an acting background. I fell into it accidentally.
Quote examples
Jane Siberry
Canadian Musician
I try not to agonize over my lyrics, though, because that can come across in them. Some lyrics come more easily than others and some you have to spend a lot of time on, but I think you have to watch that you don't take the life out of them by worrying too much.
Quote examples
Sherilyn Fenn
American Actress
There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.
Quote examples
Tony Goldwyn
American Actor
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.
Quote examples
Andrew Shue
American Actor
When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important part of who I am.
Quote examples
Kristin Scott Thomas
English Actress
As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.
Quote examples
Julianna Baggott
Novelist
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life.
Quote examples
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English Politician
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
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