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–noun, plural -nies.

1.	extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.

2.	a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement: an agony of joy.

3.	the struggle preceding natural death: mortal agony.

4.	a violent struggle.

5.	(often initial capital letter) Theology. the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME agonye (< AF) < LL agōnia < Gk, equiv. to agn agon + -ia -y³

]

—Synonyms 1. anguish, torment, torture. See pain. 2. paroxysm.

—Antonyms 1. comfort, ease, pleasure.

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n. pl. ag·o·nies

The suffering of intense physical or mental pain.
The struggle that precedes death.
A sudden or intense emotion: an agony of doubt.
A violent, intense struggle.

[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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agony

1382, "mental suffering" (esp. that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from L.L. agonia, from Gk. agonia "a (mental) struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games," from agon "assembly for a contest," from agein "to lead" (see act). Sense of "extreme bodily suffering" first recorded 1607. Agonize (1583) was originally transitive as well as intrans., and sometimes meant "to torture."

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agony
noun
1.	intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
2.	a state of acute pain

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agony [ˈӕgəni] noun — plural ˈagonies

great pain or suffering
Example: The dying man was in agony; agonies of regret

Arabic:	عَذَابْ، ألَم شَدِيد
Chinese (Simplified):	极度痛苦
Chinese (Traditional):	極度痛苦
Czech:	muka, utrpení
Danish:	smerte; angst; dødskamp
Dutch:	kwelling
Estonian:	piin
Finnish:	tuska
French:	agonie; douleur intense
German:	die Qual
Greek:	οδύνη, πόνος
Hungarian:	gyötrődés
Icelandic:	kvöl, þjáning
Indonesian:	penderitaan
Italian:	agonia

Japanese:	もだえ, 苦しみ
Latvian:	agonija; mokas
Lithuanian:	agonija
Norwegian:	smerte; angst; dødskamp
Polish:	agonia, udręka
Portuguese (Brazil):	agonia, aflição
Portuguese (Portugal):	agonia
Romanian:	agonie; chin
Russian:	агония, мука
Slovak:	agónia; muky
Slovenian:	agonija
Spanish:	agonía
Swedish:	vånda
Turkish:	büyük ıstırap