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Meanings of agonise in inglés

portugués
supliciar
catalán
turmentar-se

Suffer agony or anguish.

supliciar
Usage of agonise in inglés
1
Even during the year individuals and couples agonise about visits home.
The Irish Times
2
It leads me to agonise about a week without nail clippers.
The Guardian
3
Thanks to the bankers, I suggest Mr Miliband need not agonise any further.
The Guardian
4
The homeless agonise while they crouch in or near shop doorways.
The Irish Times
5
It was as good a place as any to agonise.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
6
It's not just French intellectuals sipping coffee in Parisian cafes who agonise over life's meaning.
The Irish Times
7
Never consciously agonise; the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
8
Some believe this was the start of the entrenched poverty we agonise about to this day.
Radio NZ
9
They can agonise and fantasise about becoming champions of England for the first time since 1968.
The Guardian
10
While you agonise over preventive detention you state public unease about crime and criminality must hold sway.
The Irish Times
11
Many parents agonise over choosing the right high school for their child, and it is a biggie.
Radio NZ
12
And not to agonise over every mistake.
The Guardian
13
I don't agonise over every little detail.
The Irish Times
14
Environmentalists often agonise, with good reason, about the lack of traction their ideas find among the general public.
The Irish Times
15
If there's a research proposal, why agonise over a lengthy paraphrase of the proposal in the cover letter?
The Guardian
16
That thus they flop and agonise?-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891
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Translations for agonise
Agonise through the time