agonized
Wracked with pain
Agonized describes something marked by or expressing intense physical or mental suffering.
An agonized scream conveys extreme pain.
An agonized decision is one reached only after prolonged inner torment.
The word emphasizes visible or audible signs of distress: She gave him an agonized look before turning away.
Twisting the body convulsively
- contortedTwisted unnaturally
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- torturedCaused intense suffering
- rackedCaused severe suffering
convulsed · grimacing · wincing · throbbing · searing · stabbing · cramped · spasming
Severely emotionally distressed
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
despairing · wretched · distraught · devastated · bereft · desolate · forlorn · mournful
Pulled into pieces
- conflictedEmotionally at odds
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- deliberatingCarefully thinking before deciding
wrestling · struggling · uncertain · indecisive · ambivalent · hesitant · vacillating · hand-wringing
Subjected to severe distress
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- plaguedPersistently afflicted
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- besetTroubled on all sides
troubled · persecuted · bedeviled · suffering · struggling · enduring · languishing · festering
writhing
Twisting the body convulsively
- contortedTwisted unnaturally
- excruciatingCausing extreme suffering
- torturedCaused intense suffering
racked · convulsed · grimacing · wincing · throbbing · searing · stabbing · cramped · spasming · aching
anguished
Severely emotionally distressed
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- distressedSuffering emotional turmoil
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
heartbroken · despairing · wretched · distraught · devastated · bereft · desolate · forlorn · mournful · woeful
torn
Pulled into pieces
- conflictedEmotionally at odds
- anguishedSeverely emotionally distressed
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
deliberating · wrestling · struggling · uncertain · indecisive · ambivalent · hesitant · vacillating · hand-wringing · soul-searching
tormented
Subjected to severe distress
beset · troubled · persecuted · bedeviled · suffering · struggling · enduring · languishing · festering · gnawing
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