agony
Meanings
Plural: agonies
Noun
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- "an agony of doubt"
- a state of acute pain
- Extreme pain.
- The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).
- Violent contest or striving.
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Origin / Etymology
14th century, via Old French and Latin from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s.
The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.
Synonyms
agony, anguish, anguishment, bereavement, distress, excruciation, living death, pang, suffering, throe, torment, torture
Scrabble Score: 9
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