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
Sue Taylor, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2024
Exploding cannons and agonized screams are the soundtrack of a polite society being ushered into a new, more indiscriminately brutal age, one that Nagakado meets with foolish confidence, Omi with a nefarious grin, Blackthorne with outsider confusion, and Yabushige and Mariko with informed despair.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Its videos of agonized parents clutching their dead children and bodies being pulled from the rubble flood social media.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 9 May 2024
All the while, the report says, terrified students inside the classrooms called 911 and agonized parents begged officers to go in.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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Over several pages, Ramberg drew and inventively redrew the thoracic cavity of the agonized body in Italian crucifixions, making the depression framed by the ribcage into a positive, phallic form.
—Sue Taylor, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2024
Exploding cannons and agonized screams are the soundtrack of a polite society being ushered into a new, more indiscriminately brutal age, one that Nagakado meets with foolish confidence, Omi with a nefarious grin, Blackthorne with outsider confusion, and Yabushige and Mariko with informed despair.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Its videos of agonized parents clutching their dead children and bodies being pulled from the rubble flood social media.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 9 May 2024
All the while, the report says, terrified students inside the classrooms called 911 and agonized parents begged officers to go in.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agonized
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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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That undoubtedly contributes to the mournful feeling that has enveloped Númenor, which is still dealing with the death of King Tar-Palantir and the fallout of Mount Doom’s eruption, including Míriel’s loss of sight.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Soon a mournful blue light would rise over the islands in the sea.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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In the years since her death, her bandmates and fans have mourned her and upheld her legacy.Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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In comments on the brewery’s posts, customers mourned its closure and the shutdown of other craft breweries in the area in recent months.Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Monét began her tweet with five heartbroken emojis.Anna Chan, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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Animal lovers have been left heartbroken by a dog who has already been adopted and returned to the shelter twice in her young life.David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Hard times have long afflicted the Land of Enchantment.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has resumed door-to-door neighborhood outreaches in some areas afflicted by Hurricane Helene as one man is accused of making a threat against its employees.Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
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A little over a year later, Dallas County struck a similar deal, with one major difference: While Tarrant County families who couldn’t afford to make funeral arrangements were given an option to donate their relatives’ bodies to the center, Dallas County gave survivors no choice.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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More to Read Southern California is suddenly besieged by fire.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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These stories and traumas are hard to overstate for Israelis, many of whom feel besieged by hostile actors willing their eradication.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
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An anguished call from a Los Gatos pediatrician about a malnourished infant in late 1974 spurred Teresa Asquith into action and brought Mothers’ Milk Bank California into reality.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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What was once an anguished whim or a distant wish, which had turned into ravaging despair, has now turned into an irrevocable demand for fundamental political change and freedom.Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2023
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“Agonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agonized. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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