Tormented vs Agonized - What's the difference?
tormented | agonized |
(torment)
(obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
* Bible, Matthew iv. 24
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex'' but weaker than ''to torture. )
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "
(agonize)
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
* (Alexander Pope):
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet), chapter 3:
As verbs the difference between tormented and agonized
is that tormented is (torment) while agonized is (agonize).tormented
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Verb
(head)torment
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Noun
(en noun)- He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.
- They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* tormentousVerb
(en verb)- The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
- Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.
Derived terms
* tormentoragonized
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Verb
(head)Synonyms
* See alsoagonize
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Alternative forms
* agoniseVerb
(agoniz)- To smart and agonize at every pore.
- 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.
