All agonise synonyms

verb agonise

• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
• strive — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
• vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
• wrestle — to engage in wrestling.
• suffer — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
• dwell on — to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
• brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• harrow — a borough of Greater London, in SE England.
• lament — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
• afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
• bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
• crucify — If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• labour — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• martyr — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
• pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
• rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
• squirm — to wriggle or writhe.
• strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
• torment — to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain: to be tormented with violent headaches.
• torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
• try — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
• wince — to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch.
• writhe — to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
• carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.