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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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
Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
This time, Trump was not the subject of agonized debate among the billionaires.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
A day before Donna Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law, the 75-year-old woman agonized over whether to testify in her defense in a Tallahassee, Florida, courtroom.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Those waiting to hear whether their houses have burned are living in agonized dread.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
This time, Trump was not the subject of agonized debate among the billionaires.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
Cassidy agonized about supporting Kennedy’s confirmation due to his record of anti-vaccine views, but ultimately cast the deciding vote for the nomination to advance out of committee after receiving assurances about vaccine policy.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
A day before Donna Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill her former son-in-law, the 75-year-old woman agonized over whether to testify in her defense in a Tallahassee, Florida, courtroom.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agonized
Adjective
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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
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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Several investigations and studies revealed the facility was plagued with poor infrastructure and mismanagement, rapes, assaults, and allegations of medical malpractice.—
PJ Green
September 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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The rotation is relying on young arms, and injuries have plagued the team.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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As the investigation into the plane crash continues, the country music world grieved the loss of a musical legend.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was an influential activist and commentator who successfully launched a conservative youth movement and whose tragic death is understandably grieved by those who knew and admired him.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
20 Sep. 2025
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The atmosphere at Charlie Kirk's memorial in Glendale, Arizona, is anything but mournful.—
Amanda Castro
Mandy Taheri
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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So mournful the distant owl in Black Brooks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Leatherface attacks, but the real villains turn out to be the townsfolk who persecuted the Sawyers after the original massacre.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep. 2025
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In Nazi Germany, transgender people were persecuted, barred from public life.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In 2003’s Scary Movie 3, Hall’s character is killed, then mourned in a wake where her body is blown up.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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Kirk was mourned as a martyr for free speech and Christian values during a massive memorial service.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This isn't the first time the internet has been left heartbroken when a dog didn't want to play.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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My newlywed wife was heartbroken.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Just look at poverty, violence and health and housing inequities that have long afflicted Fairhill and West Kensington, two adjacent and heavily Puerto Rican neighborhoods in North Philadelphia.—
Héctor M. Varela Rios,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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Griffin, who does clinical work in Long Island, New York, said his sister-in-law is in her 40s and quite wary of long COVID, the enduring, debilitating health issues that have afflicted millions of Americans who contracted the coronavirus.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Agonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agonized. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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