AGONIZED Synonyms: 256 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈa-gə-ˌnīzd

Definition of agonized

as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning one look at his agonized, tearful eyes and it was clear that something was terribly wrong

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agonized

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verb

past tense of agonize

as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother

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as in grieved

to feel deep sadness or mental pain agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing

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Recent Examples of agonized

Adjective

Her endless screams and sobs echo back to the agonized wailing of The Mist’s David Drayton, who murdered his child and friends for nothing. — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 An agonized woman, writhing and coughing and gnarled by disease, is found in a field on the edge of town. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026

Verb

Some 36,000 fans at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field, and many more tuning in on radio and television, agonized through one of the Fall Classic’s wildest and most emotional conclusions. — Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026 Cristobal agonized for days about what to do. — CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agonized

Recent Examples of Synonyms for agonized

Adjective

And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.

— David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.

— Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021

Definition of weeping

Verb

Fashion’s relationship with art is a conundrum that’s plagued the minds of some of its greatest auteurs.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026
Taking the Long Way was never going to be country enough for some, but that was something the Chicks were always plagued with, even in their early busking days on the streets of Dallas.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of plagued

Verb

Several fans grieved the restaurant’s closing on its social pages.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
Jake Reiner sat for an interview with ABC7 Los Angeles on Thursday, delving into how his surviving family has grieved during the past several months since his parents’ deaths.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of grieved

Adjective

Ali’s mournful assassin is trying to stay one step ahead of his enemies and, likewise, the movie fights like hell to elude conventionality.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Tender Loving Care is a gentle, mournful, funny portrait of a family whose future is shadowed by uncertainty but tries to face life with cheeriness.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mournful

Verb

Those governments provide assurances that people won’t be persecuted or tortured, federal attorneys said.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Also, some immigration cases involve people seeking asylum because they are being persecuted by a foreign government and releasing a person’s full name could be considered sensitive or even dangerous.

— Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of persecuted

Verb

Countless Hollywood celebrities, music stars and fans mourned Parton after her death last month.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Several fraternities and sororities have mourned the loss of the students and have placed black ribbons outside their on-campus homes, WMC reported.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of mourned

Adjective

Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire honored Macy at a county Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, telling community leaders that her death had left his office and the wider community heartbroken.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Daria’s heartbroken family declined to comment on her death Saturday.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of heartbroken

Verb

While the epicenter was located in Nantou County in central Taiwan, serious damage afflicted residents across the island as roads buckled, bridges collapsed and landslides destroyed everything in their path.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Here’s my Sunday postgame piece on a miserable condition that has afflicted Dolphins fans for years, and our plea to Jon-Eric Sullivan to fix it.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026

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