1. Synonyms for Agonized include anguished, aching, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter, deploring, distressed, doleful, dolesome and dolorous

2. Synonyms for Agonised include anguished, aching, bemoaning, bewailing, bitter, deploring, distressed, doleful, dolesome and dolorous

3. In his eighty-second year, still a human dynamo, Mr. Baruch talks not of the past but of present problems and the future, deploring our ignorance of history, economics, and psychology.

4. recognising that in sub-Saharan Africa #% of adults with HIV are women and deploring the pressures which exist to undermine progressive policies on sexual and reproductive health rights, and are resulting in an increase in unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions

5. We, who often find ourselves deploring this age with a bitter and accusatory tone, must also perceive its harshness: in our ministry, how many people do we meet who are distressed because of the lack of reference points to turn to!