You just messed up once. You don't need to agonize over it.
Source: tatoeba (40833)
Agonize
//ˈæɡ.ɪ.naɪz//
Synonyms for "agonize" (150 found)
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14 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- агонизи́рам verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
- мятам се verb (to struggle)
Catalan
1 entries- agonitzar verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 焦虑不已 verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
- 痛苦挣扎 verb (to struggle)
Esperanto
1 entries- angori verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
Finnish
3 entries- kipuilla verb (to struggle)
- kitua verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
- kärsiä verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
German
1 entries- quälen verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
Māori
1 entries- whakaangaanga verb (to struggle)
Portuguese
1 entries- agonizar verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
Spanish
1 entries- agonizar verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
Unami
1 entries- ahowamàlsi verb (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I hope we didn't agonize over this decision for nothing.
Source: tatoeba (5716198)
His Touch, if tremblingly alive all o’er, / To smart, and agonize at ev’ry pore?
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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