Dictionary Definition
agony
Noun
1 intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or
physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
[syn: torment, torture]
2 a state of acute pain [syn: suffering, excruciation]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From (agonia) "emulation, competition, struggle", from (agon) "contest".Pronunciation
- US: /ˈægəniː/
Noun
- Violent contest or striving.
- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. --Macaulay.
- 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.
- Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. --Luke xxii. 44.
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight. --Pope.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Translations
violent contest or striving
extreme pain of mind or body
paroxysm of joy
The last struggle of life
- Dutch: doodsstrijd , agonie
- German: Agonie
- Portuguese: agonia
- Spanish: agonía
Extensive Definition
Agony may refer to:
Concepts
- Pain (People sometimes say AG! as in agony, for short. slang.)
- Passion (Christianity), also called the Agony of Christ
- Agony aunt
- Spice agony, a fictional ritual from the Frank Herbert's Dune universe
Books
- Agony (book), a comic book by Mark Beyer
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel), by Irving Stone
Film, television, and games
- Agony, a British sitcom starring Maureen Lipman
- Agony (film) (1984), also known as Rasputin, by Elem Klimov
- The Agony and the Ecstasy (film)
- Agony (video game)
- Agony (tribe), an awesome tribe located on K48 of World 10 on Tribal Wars
Music
- Agony, a song from the musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
- Agony, a song by Eels from their 2003 album Shootenanny!
- Agony (album), by The Tossers
- Life of Agony, a New York hardcore and hard rock band
agony in Dutch: Agony
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aching heart, affliction, agonizingness, agony of
mind, anguish, atrocious
pain, bale, bitterness, bleeding heart,
broken heart, care, carking
care, crucifixion,
crushing, death
agonies, death groan, death rattle, death struggle, death throes,
deathbed, deathwatch, depression, depth of misery,
desolateness,
desolation, despair, distress, dolor, dying breath, excruciatingness,
excruciation,
extremity, final
extremity, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heartfelt grief,
heartgrief, heartsickness, heavy
heart, infelicity,
lamentation,
languishment, last
agony, last breath, last gasp, martyrdom, martyrization, melancholia, melancholy, misery, moribundity, pain, pangs, passion, pining, prostration, rack, sadness, sorrow, sorrowing, suffering, suicidal despair,
throes, throes of death,
torment, tormentingness, torture, torturousness, trouble, woe, wretchedness