agony

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
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• /ˈeɪ̯ɡ.ə.ni/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada, æ-raising
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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. By surface analysis, agon + -y. The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَلَم (ʔalam) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: мъ́ки (mǎ́ki) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: гъ́рчене (gǎ́rčene) — extreme pain
• Bulgarian: аго́ния (agónija) — extreme pain
• Catalan: agonia — extreme pain
• Cherokee: ᎠᎩᏟᏱ (agitliyi) — extreme pain
• Chinese Mandarin: 极大的痛苦 — extreme pain
• Dutch: ondraaglijke pijn — extreme pain
• Esperanto: angoro — extreme pain
• Esperanto: dolorego — extreme pain
• Finnish: tuska — extreme pain
• French: agonie — extreme pain
• French: angoisse — extreme pain
• German: Agonie — extreme pain
• German: Qual — extreme pain
• German: Pein — extreme pain
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 (wunns) — extreme pain
• Greek: οδύνη (odýni) — extreme pain
• Greek: μαρτύριο (martýrio) — extreme pain
• Hebrew: יִסּוּרִים (yissurím) — extreme pain
• Hopi: kyaatuya — extreme pain
• Icelandic: kvöl — extreme pain
• Icelandic: þjáning — extreme pain
• Italian: dolore — extreme pain
• Italian: angoscia — extreme pain
• Central Kurdish: ژان (jan) — extreme pain
• Northern Kurdish: jan — extreme pain
• Macedonian: ма́ки (máki) — extreme pain
• Macedonian: стра́дање (strádanje) — extreme pain
• Macedonian: аго́нија (agónija) — extreme pain
• Manx: aaghaer — extreme pain
• Manx: angaaish — extreme pain
• Manx: ard-phian — extreme pain
• Māori: mamae inati — extreme pain
• Mirandese: agonie — extreme pain
• Portuguese: agonia — extreme pain
• Romanian: agonie — extreme pain
• Romanian: suferință — extreme pain
• Russian: страда́ние (stradánije) — extreme pain
• Russian: аго́ния (agónija) — extreme pain
• Spanish: agonía — extreme pain
• Spanish: angustia — extreme pain
• Swahili: dhiki — extreme pain
• Swedish: vånda — extreme pain
• Telugu: బాధ (bādha) — extreme pain
• Turkish: acı — extreme pain
• Turkish: ızdırap — extreme pain
• Turkish: kıvranma — extreme pain
• Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb) — extreme pain
• Volapük: letod — extreme pain
• Finnish: tuska — Bible: sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane
• Northern Kurdish: jan — Bible: sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane
• Chinese Mandarin: 苦恼 (kǔnǎo) — violent contest or striving
• Chinese Mandarin: 烦闷 (fánmèn) — violent contest or striving
• Dutch: doodsangst — violent contest or striving
• Dutch: doodsstrijd — violent contest or striving
• Dutch: agonie — violent contest or striving
• Finnish: kamppailu — violent contest or striving
• Finnish: taistelu — violent contest or striving
• French: agonie — violent contest or striving
• German: Qual — violent contest or striving
• German: Todeskampf — violent contest or striving
• Icelandic: kvöl — violent contest or striving
• Icelandic: þjáning — violent contest or striving
• Italian: agonia — violent contest or striving
• Northern Kurdish: berxwedan — violent contest or striving
• Portuguese: agonia — violent contest or striving
• Romanian: agonie — violent contest or striving
• Russian: аго́ния (agónija) — violent contest or striving
• Spanish: agonía — violent contest or striving
• Swedish: kval — violent contest or striving
• Volapük: letod — violent contest or striving
• Chinese Mandarin: (感情的) 迸发 — paroxysm of joy
• Finnish: huuma — paroxysm of joy
• German: Freudenausbruch — paroxysm of joy
• Italian: parossismo — paroxysm of joy
• Russian: вы́плеск эмо́ций (výplesk emócij) — paroxysm of joy
• Turkish: kıvranma — paroxysm of joy
• Arabic: اِحْتِضَار (iḥtiḍār) — last struggle of life
• Armenian: հոգեվարք (hogevarkʻ) — last struggle of life
• Azerbaijani: canvermə — last struggle of life
• Belarusian: аго́нія (ahónija) — last struggle of life
• Bulgarian: аго́ния (agónija) — last struggle of life
• Chinese Mandarin: 临死的挣扎 — last struggle of life
• Ngazidja Comorian: kongoo — last struggle of life
• Dutch: doodsstrijd — last struggle of life
• Dutch: agonie — last struggle of life
• Finnish: kuolinkamppailu — last struggle of life
• Finnish: agonia — last struggle of life
• French: agonie — last struggle of life
• Georgian: აგონია (agonia) — last struggle of life
• German: Agonie — last struggle of life
• German: Todeskampf — last struggle of life
• Greek: επιθανάτια αγωνία (epithanátia agonía) — last struggle of life
• Hungarian: haláltusa — last struggle of life
• Italian: agonia — last struggle of life
• Ivatan: kapichadhedheran — last struggle of life
• Kazakh: жанталас (jantalas) — last struggle of life
• Northern Kurdish: sekerat — last struggle of life
• Polish: agonia — last struggle of life
• Portuguese: agonia — last struggle of life
• Romanian: agonie — last struggle of life
• Russian: аго́ния (agónija) — last struggle of life
• Spanish: agonía — last struggle of life
• Swedish: dödskamp — last struggle of life
• Tagalog: hingalo — last struggle of life
• Tagalog: paghihingalo — last struggle of life
• Turkish: kıvranma — last struggle of life
• Turkish: can çekişme — last struggle of life
• Ukrainian: аго́нія (ahónija) — last struggle of life