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Need another word that means the same as “agony”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “agony” in this overview.

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Agony as a Noun
Definitions of "Agony" as a noun
Synonyms of "Agony" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Agony" as a noun
Associations of "Agony" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Agony” are: torment, torture, excruciation, suffering, pain, hurt, anguish, affliction, trauma

Agony as a Noun

Definitions of "Agony" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “agony” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A state of acute pain.
Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain.
The final stages of a difficult or painful death.
Extreme physical or mental suffering.

Synonyms of "Agony" as a noun (9 Words)

affliction	A cause of pain or harm. A crippling affliction* of the nervous system.*
anguish	Severe mental or physical pain or suffering. She shut her eyes in anguish.
excruciation	The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
hurt	Emotional pain or distress. Her eyes reflected her unhappiness and hurt.
pain	Great care or trouble. As the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain.
suffering	Psychological suffering. Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering.
torment	A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. The torments of the damned.
torture	Great physical or mental suffering or anxiety. Dances were absolute torture* because I was so small.*
trauma	Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. Rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt trauma.

Usage Examples of "Agony" as a noun

An agony of doubt.
He crashed to the ground in agony.
His last agony.

Associations of "Agony" (30 Words)

affliction	An instance of one celestial body afflicting another. A crippling affliction* of the nervous system.*
agonize	Cause to agonize. I didn t agonize* over the problem.*
anguish	Cause emotional anguish or make miserable. I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I d made the right decision.
annoyed	Aroused to impatience or anger. Kelly was annoyed* with him.*
cruelly	Excessively. He marries Edgar s sister Isabella and cruelly* ill treats her.*
distortion	A shape resulting from distortion. Heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion.
distress	Bring into difficulties or distress especially financial hardship. They said the baby was in distress.
dolor	Painful grief.
dun	Make a dun color. The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone.
grimace	Make a grimace. She made a grimace* at the prospect.*
harass	Annoy continually or chronically. Being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless.
harassment	The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. So great was his harassment* that he wanted to destroy his tormentors.*
headache	A continuous pain in the head. She complained of a severe headache.
heaviness	The property of being comparatively great in weight. The heaviness* of the dark wood panelling.*
hypochondriac	A person who is abnormally anxious about their health.
inflict	Impose something unwelcome on. She is wrong to inflict* her beliefs on everyone else.*
misery	A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. She was exhausted by her misery* and grief.*
mistreat	Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly. He denied mistreating his workers.
pain	Cause mental or physical pain to. She took pains to see that everyone ate well.
persecute	Cause to suffer. Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries.
rag	Give a decorative effect to a painted surface by applying paint typically of a different colour with a rag. Not a rag* of clothing has arrived to us this winter.*
relentlessly	In an unceasingly intense or harsh way. He was being bullied relentlessly* at school.*
sadness	The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness. It is one of life s sadnesses.
suffering	Psychological suffering. His disregard for the sufferings of his fellow countrymen.
throb	Beat or sound with a strong, regular rhythm; pulsate steadily. Her foot throbbed with pain.
toothache	An ache localized in or around a tooth. I ve got toothache.
torment	A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. The torments of the damned.
torture	Subject to torture. Most of the victims had been brutally tortured.
woe	Misery resulting from affliction. To add to his woes customers have been spending less.
wretchedness	A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. The misery and wretchedness* of those slums is intolerable.*