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Meaning of agony in English
Pronunciation
/ˈæɡəni/
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Noun
agony
Etymology
late Middle English (originally denoting mental anguish alone): via Old French and late Latin from Greek agōnia, from agōn‘contest’. The sense of physical suffering dates from the early 17th century
Definitions
1.
intense feelings of suffering
Examples
« acute mental or physical pain »
« an agony of doubt »
« the torments of the damned »
2.
a state of acute pain