agonize
verb
[ ˈaɡənʌɪz ]
• undergo great mental anguish through worrying about something.
• "I didn't agonize over the problem"
Similar:
worry,
fret,
fuss,
upset oneself,
rack one's brains,
wrestle with oneself,
be worried,
be anxious,
feel uneasy,
exercise oneself,
brood,
muse,
mull over,
dwell on,
contemplate,
ruminate,
chew over,
puzzle over,
speculate,
weigh up,
turn over in one's mind,
be indecisive,
stew,
pore on,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French agoniser or late Latin agonizare, from Greek agōnizesthai ‘contend’, from agōn ‘contest’.
