agony

Meaning

1. Extreme pain.
2. The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
3. Violent contest or striving.
4. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
5. The last struggle of life; death struggle.

Synonyms

suffering

anguish

pain

torment

distress

torture

misery

affliction

death throes

anxiety

fear

😨

worry

trouble

hardship

grief

excruciation

pang

ache

death struggle

mortal moment

latter end

cross

pangs of death

death-pangs

last struggle

sorrow

death agony

bitterness

passion

problem

sad

☹️

sadness

sickness

sluggish

sore

suspense

throe

toil

travail

upset

vexation

weak

woe

agonia

depression

death-struggle

painful feeling

tsoris

sheer hell

psychorrhagia

stress

aches

agonize

ailment

annoyance

apathetic

concern

consternation

crucifixion

depressed

disappointed

😞

discouraged

disease

dismay

distressed

excruciating pain

exhaustion

heartache

hurt

illness

laceration

listless

martyrdom

molestation

mortal agony

painfulness

pains

pangs

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæ.ɡə.niː/

Etymology

14th century, via Old French and Latin from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”). Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s.
The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.