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agony /agˈə-ni/ noun- Extreme suffering
- A violent mental struggle, anguish
- The death struggle
- Christ's anguish in Gethsemane
- Conflict in games (obsolete)
ORIGIN: Gr agōniā contest, agony, from agōn meeting, contest agˈon noun - In ancient Greece, a conflict between two protagonists
- A struggle
agˈonist noun - In ancient Greece, a competitor in public games
- Someone engaged in a struggle, whether physical or spiritual (rare)
- A chief character in a literary work
- (in the following senses, a back-formation from antagonist) a muscle whose action is opposed by another action (the antagonist)
- A chemical substance (eg a drug) which produces an observable inhibitory or excitatory response in a body tissue (eg a muscle or nerve)
agonistes /a-gon-isˈtēz/ noun Someone in the grip of inner conflict agonisˈtic adjective - Of or relating to a chemical agonist
- Of or relating to a broad class of behaviour patterns including attack, threat, appeasement and flight
- (also agonistˈical) relating to athletic contests
- Combative
agonistˈically adverb agonistˈics singular noun (archaic) The art and theory of games and prize-fighting agˈonize or agˈonise intransitive verb - To struggle or contend
- To suffer agony
- To worry intensely (informal)
transitive verb To subject to agony agˈonized or agˈonised adjective Suffering or expressing anguish agˈonizedly or agˈonisedly /-īz-id-li/ adverb agˈonizing or agˈonising adjective - Causing agony
- Intensely painful
agˈonizingly or agˈonisingly adverb agony aunt noun - (sometimes with caps) a person, usu a woman, who gives advice in an agony column or in a radio or television programme of similar nature
- Any female adviser (informal)
agony column noun - The part of a newspaper or magazine in which readers submit, and receive advice about, personal problems
- The part of a newspaper containing special advertisements, eg for missing friends, etc
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