agony

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of AGONY

a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness <waiting all those hours to hear if he'd survived the plane crash was pure agony>

Synonyms agony, Gehenna, horror, misery, murder, nightmare, torment, torture

Related Words affliction, calvary, cross, curse, ordeal, trial, tribulation; calamity, misfortune, tragedy; gall, thorn; bummer, downer, drag

Near Antonyms delight, diversion, entertainment, fun, joy, pleasure, recreation; lark, picnic, riot

Antonyms heaven, paradise

a state of great suffering of body or mind <the agony of never knowing what happened to her son>

Synonyms affliction, agony, anguish, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe

Near Antonyms comfort, consolation, solace; alleviation, assuagement, ease, relief; peace, security; well-being

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling <the announcement that the war was over unleashed a mass agony of joy>

Synonyms agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, flush, gale, gush, gust, paroxysm, spasm, storm

Related Words blowup, grouch, rage, tantrum; ecstasy, rapture, transport; delirium, firestorm, frenzy, furor

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