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n. The suffering of intense physical or mental pain.

n. The struggle that precedes death.

n. A sudden or intense emotion: an agony of doubt.

n. A violent, intense struggle.

n. Violent contest or striving.

n. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

n. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.

n. The last struggle of life; death struggle.

n. Violent contest or striving.

n. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

n. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.

n. The last struggle of life; death struggle.

n. A violent contest or struggle.

n. The struggle, frequently unconscious, that often precedes natural death: in this sense often used in the plural: as, he is in the agonies of death.

n. Extreme, and generally prolonged, bodily or mental pain; intense suffering; hence, intense mental excitement of any kind: as, the agony of suspense or uncertainty.

n. In a special sense, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

n. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

n. a state of acute pain

"It rises naturally to a suffering man's lips as expressive of agony, though not exactly framed for _his_ individual _agony_."

hurt    suffering   

agony column   

agonistes    protagonist    antagonist    agon    agonist   

throe    suffering    pangs    anguish    torment    distress    pain    ecstasy    pang   

anguish    pain    rage    pang    torment    dismay    ecstasy    panic    suffer    emotion