agony
- agony
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ excruciating, extreme, intense
▪ absolute, pure, sheer, utter
▪ exquisite
▪ mental, physical
▪ death
▪ The little creature squirmed in its death agonies.
VERB + AGONY
▪ endure, go through, suffer
▪ He endured the agonies of loneliness.
▪ They went through agony in the search for their missing relatives.
▪ cause, inflict
▪ She was causing David a great deal of agony.
▪ prolong
▪ Don't prolong the agony—just tell me the result!
PREPOSITION
▪ in agony
▪ The soldier died in agony.
▪ in an agony of
▪ She mumbled an apology in an agony of embarrassment.
PHRASES
▪ a groan of agony, a scream of agony
▪ groan in agony, scream in agony
▪ be contorted in agony, writhe in agony
▪ His face was contorted in agony as he tried to lift himself out of the chair.
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