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Agony
//ˈæɡ.ə.ni// noun
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Noun
- 1 Extreme pain. countable, uncountable
"When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony."
- 2 intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain wordnet
- 3 The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized). countable, uncountable
"And being in an agonie, he prayed more earneſtly,[…]."
- 4 a state of acute pain wordnet
- 5 Violent contest or striving. countable, dated, uncountable
"The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations."
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- 6 Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion. countable, dated, uncountable
"With cries and agonies of wild delight."
- 7 The last struggle of life; death struggle. countable, uncountable
Etymology
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. The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.
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