Definition of 'agony'
Word forms: plural agonies
uncountable noun
Agony is great physical or mental pain.
She called out in agony.
As a young man he suffered agonies of religious doubt.
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nounWord forms: plural -nies
3. pile on the agony
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Word origin of 'agony'
nounWord forms: plural ˈagonies
1.
very great mental or physical pain
2.
death pangs
3.
a convulsive struggle
SIMILAR WORDS: disˈtress
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British English: agony
/ˈæɡənɪ/ NOUN
Agony is great physical or mental suffering.
She called out in agony.
- American English: agony
- Arabic: أَلَمْ سكرة الموت
- Brazilian Portuguese: agonia
- Chinese: 痛楚
- Croatian: agonija
- Czech: utrpení
- Danish: pine
- Dutch: kwelling
- European Spanish: agonía
- Finnish: tuska
- French: agonie
- German: Qual
- Greek: αγωνία
- Italian: agonia
- Japanese: 苦悶
- Korean: 고통
- Norwegian: pine
- Polish: agonia
- European Portuguese: agonia
- Romanian: agonie
- Russian: агония
- Latin American Spanish: agonía
- Swedish: vånda
- Thai: ความทรมาน
- Turkish: ıstırap
- Ukrainian: агонія
- Vietnamese: cơn đau đớn
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