agony

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Fred mounted and rode out through the echoing entrance without a backward glance, and I sat down and pulled my boot off, for the agony was almost unendurable That settles your task for to-day," laughed Monty.

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  1. noun The suffering of intense physical or mental pain.
  2. noun The struggle that precedes death.
  3. noun A sudden or intense emotion: an agony of doubt.
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  • I saw a soldier shoot one of these poor animals, and felt truly glad to know that his agony was at an end. —  Memories
  • He'd been duped, played the fool, and the agony was almost too much to bear. —  SomethingWickedSFandHorrorMagazine#5
  • It crawled up his leg as far as his knee and grew and grew until the agony was almost insufferable. —  023 - The Mystic Mullah
  • I had long believed that Jesus's agony was his suffering for me; I now came to see that his agony was also intended as his suffering in me. —  Latest Articles
  • This agony has been anticipated and chronicled brilliantly since the start of the decade by New York University's Jay Rosen, in his excellent posts about newspapers and blogs. —  TPMCafe
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anguish ·  pain ·  rage ·  pang ·  torment ·  dismay ·  ecstasy ·  panic ·  suffer ·  emotion ·  joy ·  shame

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agony:   agonies
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English agonie, from Old French, from Late Latin agōnia, from Greek agōniā, from agōn, struggle, from agein, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English agonie, from Old French agonie, from Late Latin agonia, from Greek ἀγωνία, a contest, struggle, agony, orig. a contest for a prize at the public games, from ἀγών, a contest, wrestle, a place of contest, an assembly (see agon), from ἂγειν, assemble, bring together, lead, drive, move, etc., = Latin agere: see agent, act, etc. Cf. agonize, etc.
 

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