Agony (Oppressor album)
WordNet
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
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from .
Noun
- Violent contest or striving.
- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. —Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
- Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. —Luke xxii. 44.
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight. —Alexander Pope.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.