Synonyms of agonizingly

agonizingly

adverb

as in bitterly

with feelings of bitterness or grief

agonizingly made the decision to have her beloved cat put to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bitterly
• sadly
• painfully
• sorrowfully
• hard
• mournfully
• sharply
• woefully
• harshly
• grievously
• lugubriously
• wretchedly
• unhappily
• regretfully
• dolorously
• inconsolably
• severely
• dolefully
• resentfully
• plaintively
• wailfully
• ruefully
• sorely
• hardly
• despairingly
• distressingly
• abjectly
• miserably
• drearily
• dismally
• dejectedly
• acutely
• disconsolately
• despondently
• dispiritedly
• cheerlessly
• darkly
• distressfully
• morosely
• joylessly
• somberly
• poignantly
• forlornly
• glumly
• sullenly
• blackly
• piercingly
• gloomily
• cruelly
• dourly
• pessimistically
• keenly
• mirthlessly
• hurtfully
• downheartedly
• ill
• crestfallenly
• low-spiritedly
• rancorously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blissfully
• joyously
• joyfully
• happily
• gladly
• cheerfully
• gleefully
• merrily
• cheerily
• delightedly
• calmly
• easily
• lightly
• stoically
• casually
• lightheartedly
• gaily
• dispassionately
• indifferently
• blithely
• nonchalantly
• impassively
• unconcernedly
• well
• sunnily
• mirthfully
• good-naturedly
• favorably
• rejoicingly
• blithesomely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agonizingly

Englert and McLeod are agonizingly shocked when Anastasia and Sasha, on separate ships, hear each others’ voices for the first time in months, and realize the depths of their longing. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026

After a scientific odyssey, Wilsey is agonizingly close to realizing his goal. — Damian Garde, STAT, 9 July 2026

There’s been an agonizingly slow rate of reinvestment here. — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026

The other is the agonizingly good stunt coordination by Julian Spencer that makes men slide in the mud frantically trying to grab and snap each other’s fingers. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Mike Holloway had come agonizingly close before. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026

Fletcher is a bruising back who could have gone to the NFL this past spring, but chose to stick around Coral Gables and take another crack at winning a national championship after the Canes fell agonizingly close in January. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026

By online standards, though, the wait to bring charges—just a few days—was agonizingly long, and Dhillon complained on X about MAGA supporters heckling her to move faster. — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

Instead, we’re treated to a series of agonizingly torpid scenes in which Nita and her co-workers are incepted by the power of Adam’s fiction, which comes to assume the force of a self-fulfilling prophecy. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2026