agony

Language

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#AGONY Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ-#AGONY

14th century, via Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#AGONY and Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#AGONY from Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#AGONY 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 +‎ -yCategory:English terms suffixed with -y#AGONY.

The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.

Pronunciation

(Western) IPA^(key): /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/Category:English 3-syllable words#AGONYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AGONY
- Audio (US): (file)
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  - (Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ̯ɡ.ə.ni/Category:English 3-syllable words#AGONY Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AGONY
(Indic) IPA^(key): /əˈɡoni/, /ˈaɡɵni/Category:English 3-syllable words#AGONY Category:English 3-syllable words#AGONY Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AGONY
Rhymes: -æɡəni Category:Rhymes:English/æɡəni#AGONY
Hyphenation: ag‧o‧ni

Noun

agony (countable and uncountable, plural agonies)Category:English lemmas#AGONY Category:English nouns#AGONY Category:English uncountable nouns#AGONY Category:English countable nouns#AGONY Category:English countable nouns#AGONY Category:English entries with incorrect language header#AGONY Category:Pages with entries#AGONY Category:Pages with 1 entry#AGONY

Extreme pain or anguish.
When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.Category:English terms with usage examples#AGONY
(biblical Category:en:Bible#AGONY) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 22:44, column 1:
  And being in an agonie, he prayed more earneſtly, […].
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(dated Category:English dated terms#AGONY) Violent contest or striving.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter X, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
  Category:English terms with quotations#AGONY
(dated Category:English dated terms#AGONY) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- 1725, Homer, “Book X”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
  With cries and agonies of wild delight.
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The last struggle of life; death struggle.

Synonyms

anguish, torment, throe, distress, pang, suffering
See also Thesaurus:agony

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “extreme pain”): ecstasy

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

extreme pain

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Arabic: أَلَم (ar) m (ʔalam)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#AGONY
Bulgarian: мъ́ки (bg) pl (mǎ́ki)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#AGONY, гъ́рчене (bg) n (gǎ́rčene)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#AGONY, аго́ния (bg) f (agónija)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#AGONY
Catalan: agonia (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#AGONY
Cherokee: ᎠᎩᏟᏱ (agitliyi)Category:Terms with Cherokee translations#AGONY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 极大的痛苦Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#AGONY
Dutch: ondraaglijke pijnCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#AGONY
Esperanto: angoro (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#AGONY, doloregoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#AGONY
Finnish: tuska (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY
French: agonie (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#AGONY, angoisse (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#AGONY
German: Agonie (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY, Qual (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY, Pein (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY
Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 f (wunns)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#AGONY
Greek: οδύνη (el) f (odýni)Category:Terms with Greek translations#AGONY, μαρτύριο (el) n (martýrio)Category:Terms with Greek translations#AGONY
Hebrew: יִסּוּרִים (he) m pl (yissurím)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#AGONY
Hopi: kyaatuyaCategory:Terms with Hopi translations#AGONY
Icelandic: kvöl (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#AGONY, þjáning (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#AGONY
Italian: dolore (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#AGONY (pain), angoscia (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#AGONY (of mind)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژان (jan)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#AGONY

Northern Kurdish: jan (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#AGONY
Macedonian: ма́ки f pl (máki)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#AGONY, стра́дање n (strádanje)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#AGONY, аго́нија f (agónija)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#AGONY
Manx: aaghaer mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#AGONY, angaaish mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#AGONY, ard-phian mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#AGONY
Māori: mamae inatiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#AGONY
Mirandese: agonie fCategory:Terms with Mirandese translations#AGONY
Portuguese: agonia (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#AGONY
Romanian: agonie (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#AGONY, suferință (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#AGONY
Russian: страда́ние (ru) n (stradánije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#AGONY, аго́ния (ru) f (agónija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#AGONY
Spanish: agonía (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#AGONY, angustia (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#AGONY
Swahili: dhiki (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#AGONY
Swedish: vånda (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#AGONY
Telugu: బాధ (te) (bādha)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#AGONY
Turkish: acı (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#AGONY, ızdırap (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#AGONY, kıvranma (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#AGONY
Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#AGONY
Volapük: letodCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#AGONY

Bible: sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane

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Bulgarian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Bulgarian#AGONY
Finnish: tuska (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: jan (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#AGONY

violent contest or striving

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Bulgarian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Bulgarian#AGONY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苦恼 (zh) (kǔnǎo)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#AGONY, 烦闷 (zh) (fánmèn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#AGONY
Dutch: doodsangst (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#AGONY, doodsstrijd (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#AGONY, agonie (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#AGONY
Finnish: kamppailu (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY, taistelu (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY
French: agonie (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#AGONY
German: Qual (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY, Todeskampf (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY
Icelandic: kvöl (is) nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#AGONY, þjáning (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#AGONY
Italian: agonia (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#AGONY
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: berxwedan (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#AGONY
Portuguese: agonia (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#AGONY
Romanian: agonie (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#AGONY
Russian: аго́ния (ru) f (agónija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#AGONY
Spanish: agonía (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#AGONY
Swedish: kval (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#AGONY
Volapük: letodCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#AGONY

paroxysm of joy

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Bulgarian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Bulgarian#AGONY
Chinese:
Mandarin: （感情的）迸发Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#AGONY
Finnish: huuma (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY
German: Freudenausbruch (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY
Italian: parossismo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#AGONY
Russian: вы́плеск эмо́ций m (výplesk emócij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#AGONY (colloquial)
Turkish: kıvranma (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#AGONY

last struggle of life

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Arabic: اِحْتِضَار m (iḥtiḍār)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#AGONY
Armenian: հոգեվարք (hy) (hogevarkʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#AGONY
Azerbaijani: canverməCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#AGONY
Belarusian: аго́нія f (ahónija)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#AGONY
Bulgarian: аго́ния (bg) f (agónija)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#AGONY
Chinese:
Mandarin: 临死的挣扎Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#AGONY
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: kongooCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#AGONY
Dutch: doodsstrijd (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#AGONY, agonie (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#AGONY
Finnish: kuolinkamppailu (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY, agonia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#AGONY
French: agonie (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#AGONY
Georgian: აგონია (ka) (agonia)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#AGONY
German: Agonie (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY, Todeskampf (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#AGONY
Greek: επιθανάτια αγωνία f (epithanátia agonía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#AGONY
Hungarian: haláltusa (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#AGONY
Italian: agonia (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#AGONY
Ivatan: kapichadhedheranCategory:Terms with Ivatan translations#AGONY
Kazakh: жанталас (jantalas)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#AGONY
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sekerat (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#AGONY
Polish: agonia (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#AGONY
Portuguese: agonia (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#AGONY
Romanian: agonie (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#AGONY
Russian: аго́ния (ru) f (agónija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#AGONY
Spanish: agonía (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#AGONY
Swedish: dödskamp (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#AGONY
Tagalog: hingaloCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#AGONY, paghihingaloCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#AGONY
Turkish: kıvranma (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#AGONY, can çekişmeCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#AGONY
Ukrainian: аго́нія (uk) f (ahónija)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#AGONY

Anagrams

Goyan

Category:en:Emotions#AGONY Category:en:Pain#AGONY

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