In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
agonize, agonise
(verb) suffer agony or anguish
agonize, agonise
(verb) cause to agonize
Source: WordNet® 3.1
agonize (third-person singular simple present agonizes, present participle agonizing, simple past and past participle agonized)
(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
(intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
Source: Wiktionary
Ag"o*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Agonizing.] Etym: [F. agoniser, LL. agonizare, fr. Gr. Agony.]
1. To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.
2. To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Ag"o*nize, v. t.
Definition: To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. He agonized his mother by his behavior. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.