agony

Etymology
14th century, via and ; from, from. Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s.

The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.

Noun

 * 1) Extreme pain.
 * 2)  The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
 * 3) Violent contest or striving.
 * 4) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
 * 5) The last struggle of life; death struggle.
 * 1) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
 * 2) The last struggle of life; death struggle.
 * 1) The last struggle of life; death struggle.
 * 1) The last struggle of life; death struggle.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:agony
 * See also Thesaurus:agony

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᎩᏟᏱ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 极大的痛苦
 * Dutch: ondraaglijke pijn
 * Esperanto:, dolorego
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ژان
 * Macedonian: ма́ки, стра́дање, аго́нија
 * Manx: aaghaer, angaaish, ard-phian
 * Maori: mamae inati
 * Mirandese: agonie
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Volapük: letod


 * Finnish:


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 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
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 * Romanian:
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 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: letod


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: （感情的） 迸发
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Russian: вы́плеск эмо́ций
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: احْتِضَار
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: аго́нія
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 临死的挣扎
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: აგონია
 * German: ,
 * Greek: επιθανάτια αγωνία
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Ivatan: kapichadhedheran
 * Kazakh: жанталас
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kongoo
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: hingalo, paghihingalo
 * Turkish:, can çekişme
 * Ukrainian: