Synonyms of agonized

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adjective

ˈa-gə-ˌnīzd 

as in weeping

expressing or suggesting mourning

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weeping
• mournful
• heartbroken
• funeral
• anguished
• grieving
• wailing
• bitter
• aching
• sad
• sorrowful
• tearful
• unhappy
• melancholy
• plaintive
• doleful
• regretful
• lamentable
• sorry
• lugubrious
• dolorous
• crying
• rueful
• depressed
• somber
• woeful
• plangent
• funereal
• dark
• morbid
• bleak
• bewailing
• deploring
• bemoaning
• dolesome
• keening
• pathetic
• dejected
• elegiac
• miserable
• disconsolate
• inconsolable
• heartsick
• dispirited
• despondent
• downcast
• groaning
• crestfallen
• darkening
• woebegone
• bleeding
• careworn
• moody
• gloomy
• forlorn
• moaning
• suffering
• desolate
• glum
• howling
• brokenhearted
• piteous
• gray
• black
• sullen
• cheerless
• downhearted
• wretched
• morose
• low-spirited
• dirgelike
• heartsore
• dismal
• pessimistic
• low
• joyless
• bawling
• saturnine
• dreary
• yammering
• comfortless
• triste

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• happy
• triumphant
• joyful
• delighted
• cheerful
• laughing
• smiling
• bright
• cheery
• joyous
• rejoicing
• exulting
• blissful
• merry
• glorying
• hopeful
• mirthful
• optimistic
• jolly
• buoyant
• encouraging
• cheering
• blithe
• lighthearted
• ecstatic
• giddy
• rapturous
• rhapsodic
• euphoric
• heady
• blithesome
• jocund
• elated
• exhilarated

agonized

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verb

past tense of agonize

1

as in plagued

to cause persistent suffering to

got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plagued
• persecuted
• afflicted
• tortured
• besieged
• anguished
• tormented
• cursed
• attacked
• bothered
• bedeviled
• harrowed
• troubled
• racked
• beset
• stung
• excruciated
• overwhelmed
• disturbed
• struck
• pursued
• annoyed
• exasperated
• assailed
• aggravated
• irritated
• worried
• vexed
• badgered
• harassed
• dogged
• grieved
• hounded
• agitated
• distressed
• pained
• harried
• oppressed
• tried
• upset
• disquieted
• hurt
• griped
• irked
• pestered
• perturbed
• stressed
• nettled
• peeved
• discomforted
• chafed
• stabbed
• riled
• rode
• flustered
• rasped
• molested
• victimized
• galled
• bugged
• discomposed
• strained
• grated
• tyrannized
• piqued
• put out
• smarted
• crushed
• pricked
• martyred
• smote
• wrung
• overpowered
• panged
• got
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisted
• helped
• aided
• abetted
• relieved
• delivered
• released
• comforted
• contented
• quieted
• consoled
• soothed
• reprieved
• solaced
• succored

2

as in grieved

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieved
• mourned
• ached
• sighed
• anguished
• sorrowed
• cried
• sobbed
• wept
• suffered
• hurt
• bled
• groaned
• tormented
• tortured
• moaned
• ate one's heart out
• smarted
• bewailed
• tore one's hair
• lamented
• longed (for)
• blubbered
• howled
• racked
• regretted
• deplored
• pined (away)
• bemoaned
• wailed
• bawled
• languished
• rued
• keened
• yowled
• yammered
• took on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughed
• cheered
• rejoiced
• delighted
• exulted
• triumphed
• gloried
• beamed
• ravished
• crowed
• assured
• sympathized
• comforted
• reassured
• consoled
• joyed
• soothed
• commiserated
• solaced

Example Sentences

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