Thesaurus:agony

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agony

English

Noun

Sense: extreme pain of mind or body

Synonyms

• agony
• anguish
• anguishment
• bereavement
• living death
• pang
• throe
• torment
• torture    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• analgesia
• bliss
• ecstasy
• pleasure    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• distress
• grief
• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• pain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• suffering

See also

• agonize    [⇒ thesaurus]
• agonizing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• agonized    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sad    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “378. physical pain” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.