Agonize
Agonize ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
[French agoniser, Late Latin agonizare, from Greek {not transcribed}. See Agony.]
1.
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
To smart and agonize at every pore.
2.
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Agonize , transitive verb
To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
He agonized his mother by his behavior.