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1. (n.) agony
extreme and generally prolonged pain or suffering.
2. agony
the struggle preceding natural death:
mortal agony.
3. agony
a violent struggle.
4. agony
a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME agonye (< AF) < LL agōnia < Gk, =agṒnagon+-ia -y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) agony, torment, torture
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
2. (noun) agony, suffering, excruciation
a state of acute pain
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1. (noun) agony
great pain
wounded soldiers crying in agony
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) agony
violent contest or striving
2. (noun) agony
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
3. (noun) agony
paroxysm of joy; keen emotion
4. (noun) agony
the last struggle of life; death struggle
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Sense: great pain or suffering
The dying man was in agony; agonies of regret.
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 Afrikaans: lyding |
 Arabic: عَذَابْ، ألَم شَدِيد |
 Bulgarian: агония |
 Brazilian: agonia |
 Czech: muka, utrpení |
 German: die Qual |
 Danish: smerte; angst; dødskamp |
 Greek: οδύνη, πόνος |
 Spanish: agonía |
 Estonian: piin |
 Farsi: عذاب |
 Finnish: tuska |
 French: agonie; douleur intense |
 Hebrew: יִסוִּרים @@@יִיסוּרִים$$ |
 Hindi: व्यथा |
 Croatian: agonija |
 Hungarian: gyötrődés |
 Indonesian: penderitaan |
 Icelandic: kvöl, þjáning |
 Italian: agonia |
 Japanese: もだえ, 苦しみ |
 Korean: 고뇌 |
 Lithuanian: agonija |
 Latvian: agonija; mokas |
 Malay: penderitaan |
 Dutch: kwelling |
 Norwegian: smerte; angst; dødskamp |
 Polish: agonia, udręka |
 Persian: عذاب |
 Pashto: عذاب |
 Portuguese: agonia |
 Romanian: agonie; chin |
 Russian: агония, мука |
 Slovak: agónia; muky |
 Slovenian: agonija |
 Serbian: velika patnja |
 Swedish: vånda |
 Thai: ความทรมาน |
 Turkish: büyük ıstırap |
 Taiwanese: 極大痛苦 |
 Ukrainian: агонія; передсмертні муки |
 Urdu: اذیت ، تکلیف |
 Vietnamese: đau đớn |
 Chinese: 极度痛苦 |
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