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

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

His character in The Narrow Road to the Deep North could not be further from that, and his believability as an agonized Japanese major struggling with his orders is a sign of Kasamatsu’s broadening range. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

Verb

The Look An admittedly anxious and insecure person, Keaton agonized about her looks from an early age. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025

Cassidy agonized about supporting Kennedy’s confirmation due to his record of anti-vaccine views, but ultimately cast the deciding vote for his nomination after receiving assurances about vaccine policy. — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2025