'Agony' definitions:
Definition of 'agony'
(from WordNet)
noun
Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn: agony, torment, torture]
noun
A state of acute pain [syn: agony, suffering, excruciation]
Definition of 'agony'
From: Easton
- Agony contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle with evil at the time present. It is only used in the New Testament by Luke (22:44) to describe our Lord's fearful struggle in Gethsemane.
- The verb from which the noun "agony" is derived is used to denote an earnest endeavour or striving, as "Strive [agonize] to enter" (Luke 13:24); "Then would my servants fight" [agonize] (John 18:36). Comp. 1 Cor. 9:25; Col. 1:29; 4:12; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7, where the words "striveth," "labour," "conflict," "fight," are the renderings of the same Greek verb.
Synonyms of 'agony'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aching heart,
- affliction,
- agonizingness,
- agony of mind,
- anguish,
- atrocious pain,
- bale,
- bitterness,
- bleeding heart,
- broken heart,
- care,
- carking care,
- crucifixion,
- crushing,
- death agonies,
- death groan,
- death rattle,
- death struggle,
- death throes,
- deathbed,
- deathwatch,
- depression,
- depth of misery,
- desolateness,
- desolation,
- despair,
- distress,
- dolor,
- dying breath,
- excruciatingness,
- excruciation,
- extremity,
- final extremity,
- grief,
- heartache,
- heartbreak,
- heartfelt grief,
- heartgrief,
- heartsickness,
- heavy heart,
- infelicity,
- lamentation,
- languishment,
- last agony,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- martyrdom,
- martyrization,
- melancholia,
- melancholy,
- misery,
- moribundity,
- pain,
- pangs,
- passion,
- pining,
- prostration,
- rack,
- sadness,
- sorrow,
- sorrowing,
- suffering,
- suicidal despair,
- throes,
- throes of death,
- torment,
- tormentingness,
- torture,
- torturousness,
- trouble,
- woe,
- wretchedness