agony
nounEtymology
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. By surface analysis, agon + -y. The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.
Definitions
Extreme pain or anguish.
- When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.
The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).
- And being in an agonie, he prayed more earneſtly,[…].
Violent contest or striving.
- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
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Paroxysm of joy
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight.
The last struggle of life
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
The neighborhood
- synonymanguish
- synonymtorment
- synonymthroe
- synonymdistress
- synonympang
- synonymsuffering
- synonymagony
- synonymanguishment
- synonymbereavement
- synonymliving death
- synonymtorture
- antonymecstasyantonym(s) of “extreme pain”
- antonymanalgesia
- antonymbliss
- antonympleasure
- neighboragon
- neighboragonal
- neighboragonise
- neighboragonist
- neighborantagonist
- neighborprotagonist
- neighboragonistes
- neighboragonize
- neighboragonizing
- neighboragonized
- neighborsad
- neighbordistress
Derived
agony aunt, agony auntie, agony aunty, agony box, agony column, agony-pipe, agony uncle
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at agony. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at agony. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at agony
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA