The little creature squirmed in its death agonies.
He endured the agonies of loneliness.
They went through agony in the search for their missing relatives.
She was causing David a great deal of agony.
Don't prolong the agony—just tell me the result!
The soldier died in agony.
She mumbled an apology in an agony of embarrassment.
His face was contorted in agony as he tried to lift himself out of the chair.
• ___ aunt (British advice columnist)
• ... and the ___ of defeat
• ... the ___ of defeat
• ... the ___ of defeat (Wide World of Sports intro words)
• 'The ___ and the Ecstasy
• A long, amateurish piano recital, maybe
• Anguish
• Awful feeling
• Awful struggle
• Cause for contortions
• Convulsive struggle
• Deep distress
• Defeat feeling
• Defeat may bring it
• Dental procedure, for some
• Ecstasy opposite
• Ecstasy's antithesis
• Ecstasy's counterpart
• Ecstasy's literary partner
• Ecstasy's partner
• Emotion in defeat, sometimes
• Excruciating pain
• Excruciation
• Extreme discomfort
• Extreme emotion
• Extreme pain
• Extreme suffering
• Feature of Greek plays
• Go into any distress
• Great pain
• Great suffering
• Hard going
• Hell
• Intense distress
• Intense emotion
• Intense pain
• Intense suffering
• Intense suspense, e.g.
• Intense suspense, say
• Into the Woods song
• It hurts
• It's a big pain
• It's a major pain
• Kind of column
• Listening to an insufferable bore, often
• Major pain
• Mental torment
• Miserable feeling
• Misery
• Opposite of ecstasy
• Pain
• Prolonged pain
• Prolonged suffering
• Serious suffering
• Severe pain
• Severe suffering
• Sitting through a bad piano recital, e.g.
• Sitting through a bad violin recital, say
• Smokey Robinson's The ___ and the Ecstasy
• Song from Sondheim's Into the Woods
• Suffering
• That tortured feeling
• The ___ of defeat (poker player's suffering)*
• The thrill of victory and the ___ of defeat
• The thrill of victory and the ___ of defeat (Wide World of Sports catchphrase)
• There is no greater ___ than bearing an untold story inside you: Maya Angelou
• Throes and woes
• Torment
• Torture
• True pain
• Unending pain
• Violent struggle
• Intense feelings of suffering
• Acute mental or physical pain
• A state of acute pain
agony of despair - муки отчаяния
in an agony of suspense [of doubt] - терзаясь неведением [сомнениями]
to suffer agonies - терпеть муки
to be in agony of utter delight - быть в полном восторге
agony of war - ужасы войны
♢
to pile on /to put on, to turn on/ the agony - пренебр. изображать из себя мученика; разыгрывать, прикидываться больным или несчастным; бить на жалость1. мука, страдание, мучительная боль (душевная или физическая)
~ of despair - муки отчаяния
in an ~ of suspense {of doubt} - терзаясь неведением {сомнениями}
to suffer agonies - терпеть муки
2. эмоциональное возбуждение
to be in ~ of utter delight - быть в полном восторге
3. обыкн. pl агония; предсмертная агония (тж. death или mortal agonies)
4. рел. страсти Христовы (перед распятием)
5. борьба; яростное сражение
~ of war - ужасы войны
♢ to pile on /to put on, to turn on/ the ~ - пренебр. изображать из себя мученика; разыгрывать, прикидываться больным или несчастным; бить на жалость
agony of death предсме́ртная аго́ния
agony column газе́тный столбе́ц с объявле́ниями о ро́зыске пропа́вших родны́х и т.п.