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Noun: agony  agunee
  1. Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
    "an agony of doubt"
    - torment, torture
     
  2. A state of acute pain
    - suffering, excruciation

Derived forms: agonies

See also: agonal, agonise [Brit], agonist

Type of: hurt, hurting, pain, suffering

Encyclopedia: Agony

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Agonus
Agonus cataphractus
agony
agony aunt
agony column
agora
agora[2]
agoraphobia
agoraphobic
agouti
Agra
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agranulocytic