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English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
agony (countable and uncountable, plural agonies)
- Extreme pain.
When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.
- (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
- Violent contest or striving.
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “extreme pain”): ecstasy
Derived terms
Translations
extreme pain
- Arabic: أَلَم (ar) m (ʔalam)
- Bulgarian: мъ́ки (bg) pl (mǎ́ki), гъ́рчене (bg) n (gǎ́rčene), аго́ния (bg) f (agónija)
- Catalan: agonia (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᎠᎩᏟᏱ (agitliyi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 极大的痛苦
- Dutch: ondraaglijke pijn
- Esperanto: angoro (eo), dolorego
- Finnish: tuska (fi)
- French: agonie (fr) f, angoisse (fr) f
- German: Agonie (de) f, Qual (de) f, Pein (de) f
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 f (wunns)
- Greek: οδύνη (el) f (odýni), μαρτύριο (el) n (martýrio)
- Hebrew: יִסּוּרִים (he) m pl (yissurím)
- Hopi: kyaatuya
- Icelandic: kvöl (is) n, þjáning (is) f
- Italian: dolore (it) f (pain), angoscia (it) f (of mind)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ژان (jan)
- Northern Kurdish: jan (ku) f
- Macedonian: ма́ки f pl (máki), стра́дање n (strádanje), аго́нија f (agónija)
- Manx: aaghaer m, angaaish m, ard-phian m
- Maori: mamae inati
- Mirandese: agonie f
- Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb)
- Portuguese: agonia (pt) f
- Romanian: agonie (ro) f, suferință (ro) f
- Russian: страда́ние (ru) n (stradánije)
- Spanish: agonía (es) f, angustia (es) f
- Swahili: dhiki (sw)
- Swedish: vånda (sv) c
- Telugu: బాధ (te) (bādha)
- Turkish: acı (tr), ızdırap (tr), kıvranma (tr)
- Volapük: letod
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Bible: sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane
violent contest or striving
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