悩なやみに悩なやむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

worry oneself sick; agonize over

Emphatic expression meaning to worry intensely and at length, often to the point of distress. The repetition of 悩む reinforces the depth of the worry.

• 将しょう来らいのことで悩なやみに悩なやんで、夜よるも眠ねむれなかった。

  I worried myself sick about the future and couldn't sleep at night.

• 彼かれは進しん路ろについて悩なやみに悩なやんだ末すえ、留りゅう学がくを決きめた。

  After agonizing over his career path, he decided to study abroad.