agony
21agony — /ag euh nee/, n., pl. agonies. 1. extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering. 2. a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement: an agony of joy. 3. the struggle preceding natural death: mortal… …
22Agony — Contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle with evil at the time present. It is only used in the New Testament by Luke (22:44) to describe… …
23agony — Synonyms 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,… …
24agony — /ˈægəni / (say aguhnee) noun (plural agonies) 1. extreme pain, generally prolonged; intense suffering. 2. intense mental excitement of any kind. 3. the struggle preceding natural death: mortal agony. 4. Rare a violent struggle. –phrase 5. put (or …
25agony — noun /ˈæɡəniː/ a) Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. . b) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,… …
26agony — From the Greek for a ‘contest’, meaning the nervous feeling experienced before such a contest. It is in that sense that Jesus was in an agony in the garden of Gethsemane (Luke 22:44) …
27agony — noun the agony was both mental and physical Syn: pain, hurt, suffering, torture, torment, anguish, affliction, trauma; pangs, throes …
28agony — [ˈægəni] noun [C/U] 1) great pain 2) great worry or sadness She had to go through the agony of leaving her children.[/ex] …
29agony — ag•o•ny [[t]ˈæg ə ni[/t]] n. pl. nies 1) extreme and generally prolonged pain or suffering 2) the struggle preceding natural death: mortal agony[/ex] 3) a violent struggle 4) a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement •… …
30agony — See pile on the agony …
