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
• sorrowfully
• painfully
• hard
• mournfully
• sharply
• woefully
• harshly
• grievously
• lugubriously
• wretchedly
• unhappily
• regretfully
• dolorously
• inconsolably
• dolefully
• resentfully
• plaintively
• ruefully
• sorely
• severely
• wailfully
• hardly
• despairingly
• distressingly
• abjectly
• miserably
• drearily
• dismally
• dejectedly
• acutely
• disconsolately
• despondently
• dispiritedly
• cheerlessly
• darkly
• morosely
• joylessly
• somberly
• poignantly
• distressfully
• 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

The three-peat is slowly, agonizingly having the life squeezed out of it by a collection of hardscrabble Midwesterners with no regard for stardom or status. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Samjad keeps the twins’ superpowers under wraps for an agonizingly long time, until the sun goes down and their bodies are able to regenerate. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Ireland agonizingly captures the everyday indignities and legal roadblocks that survivors may encounter. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

In the same way that the ball bounced off Darren Morris’ fingers and disappeared into the crowded Oregon bench, another chance to defeat a Power Four opponent slipped agonizingly through Boise State’s grasp on Saturday afternoon. — Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026

Likewise, the film rewards patience with an agonizingly tender culminating shot — a reminder that some things must change while others linger in the amber of childhood. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

While court documents show there have been settlement discussions in some of the cases, some plaintiffs’ attorneys say the pace has been agonizingly slow—or nonexistent. — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026

While court documents show there have been settlement discussions in some of the cases, some plaintiffs’ attorneys say the pace has been agonizingly slow — or nonexistent. — Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026