Agony

//ˈæɡ.ə.ni//

Synonyms for "agony" (95 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Strong matches (29)

Noun(2 words)
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More general

6 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

Related terms

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has context

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related to

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Translations

110 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • أَلَم noun (extreme pain)
  • اِحْتِضَار noun (last struggle of life)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հոգեվարք noun (last struggle of life)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • canvermə noun (last struggle of life)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • аго́нія noun (last struggle of life)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • аго́ния noun (extreme pain)
  • аго́ния noun (last struggle of life)
  • гъ́рчене noun (extreme pain)
  • мъ́ки noun (extreme pain)

Catalan

1 entries
  • agonia noun (extreme pain)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ژان noun (extreme pain)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎩᏟᏱ noun (extreme pain)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 临死的挣扎 noun (last struggle of life)
  • 极大的痛苦 noun (extreme pain)
  • 烦闷 noun (violent contest or striving)
  • 苦恼 noun (violent contest or striving)

Dutch

4 entries
  • agonie noun (violent contest or striving)
  • agonie noun (last struggle of life)
  • doodsangst noun (violent contest or striving)
  • doodsstrijd noun (violent contest or striving)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • angoro noun (extreme pain)
  • dolorego noun (extreme pain)

Finnish

4 entries
  • agonia noun (last struggle of life)
  • huuma noun (paroxysm of joy)
  • kamppailu noun (violent contest or striving)
  • kuolinkamppailu noun (last struggle of life)

French

4 entries
  • agonie noun (extreme pain)
  • agonie noun (violent contest or striving)
  • agonie noun (last struggle of life)
  • angoisse noun (extreme pain)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აგონია noun (last struggle of life)

German

4 entries
  • Agonie noun (extreme pain)
  • Agonie noun (last struggle of life)
  • Freudenausbruch noun (paroxysm of joy)
  • Pein noun (extreme pain)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 noun (extreme pain)

Greek

3 entries
  • επιθανάτια αγωνία noun (last struggle of life)
  • μαρτύριο noun (extreme pain)
  • οδύνη noun (extreme pain)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • יִסּוּרִים noun (extreme pain)

Hopi

1 entries
  • kyaatuya noun (extreme pain)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • haláltusa noun (last struggle of life)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • kvöl noun (extreme pain)
  • kvöl noun (violent contest or striving)
  • þjáning noun (extreme pain)
  • þjáning noun (violent contest or striving)

Italian

4 entries
  • agonia noun (violent contest or striving)
  • agonia noun (last struggle of life)
  • angoscia noun (extreme pain)
  • dolore noun (extreme pain)

Ivatan

1 entries
  • kapichadhedheran noun (last struggle of life)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жанталас noun (last struggle of life)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • аго́нија noun (extreme pain)
  • ма́ки noun (extreme pain)
  • стра́дање noun (extreme pain)

Manx

3 entries
  • aaghaer noun (extreme pain)
  • angaaish noun (extreme pain)
  • ard-phian noun (extreme pain)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • agonie noun (extreme pain)

Māori

1 entries
  • mamae inati noun (extreme pain)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • kongoo noun (last struggle of life)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • berxwedan noun (violent contest or striving)
  • jan noun (extreme pain)
  • jan noun (Bible: sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane)
  • sekerat noun (last struggle of life)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اضطراب noun (extreme pain)

Polish

1 entries
  • agonia noun (last struggle of life)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • agonia noun (extreme pain)
  • agonia noun (violent contest or striving)
  • agonia noun (last struggle of life)

Romanian

4 entries
  • agonie noun (extreme pain)
  • agonie noun (violent contest or striving)
  • agonie noun (last struggle of life)
  • suferință noun (extreme pain)

Russian

4 entries
  • аго́ния noun (extreme pain)
  • аго́ния noun (violent contest or striving)
  • аго́ния noun (last struggle of life)
  • вы́плеск эмо́ций noun (paroxysm of joy)

Spanish

4 entries
  • agonía noun (extreme pain)
  • agonía noun (violent contest or striving)
  • agonía noun (last struggle of life)
  • angustia noun (extreme pain)

Swahili

1 entries
  • dhiki noun (extreme pain)

Swedish

3 entries
  • dödskamp noun (last struggle of life)
  • kval noun (violent contest or striving)
  • vånda noun (extreme pain)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • hingalo noun (last struggle of life)
  • paghihingalo noun (last struggle of life)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బాధ noun (extreme pain)

Turkish

4 entries
  • acı noun (extreme pain)
  • can çekişme noun (last struggle of life)
  • kıvranma noun (extreme pain)
  • kıvranma noun (paroxysm of joy)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • аго́нія noun (last struggle of life)

Volapük

2 entries
  • letod noun (extreme pain)
  • letod noun (violent contest or striving)

Sample sentences

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My shoes hurt. I'm in agony.

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Prolong the agony.

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He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.

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The soldier lay in agony on the bed.

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