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AGONY

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• AGONY (noun)
The noun AGONY has 2 senses:

1. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
2. a state of acute pain

Familiarity information: AGONY used as a noun is rare.

• AGONY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

agony; torment; torture

Context examples:

an agony of doubt / the torments of the damned

Hypernyms ("agony" is a kind of...):

hurt; suffering (feelings of mental or physical pain)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A state of acute pain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

excruciation; suffering; agony

Hypernyms ("agony" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agony"):

throe (severe spasm of pain)

Passion; Passion of Christ (the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion)

"You can't tell a book by its cover."
(English proverb)
"It is good for somebody as well as bad for someone else."
(Bengali proverb)
"Arrogance diminishes wisdom."
(Arabic proverb)
"Heaven helps those who help themselves."
(Corsican proverb)

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