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Plain form
agonise

Third-person singular
agonises

Past tense
agonised

Past participle
agonised

Present participle
agonising

  1. (intransitive) If you agonise over/about a difficult decision or choice, you find making it very difficult, almost painful.
    I have been agonising over whether or not to say something to you.
    Don't spend hours or days agonising about what to do.

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