<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural agonies.</li><li>extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.</li><li>Synonyms: torture, torment, anguish.</li><li>Antonyms: pleasure, ease, comfort.</li><li>a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement: an agony of joy.</li><li>Synonyms: paroxysm.</li><li>the struggle preceding natural death: mortal agony.</li><li>a violent struggle.</li><li>Often Agony.</li><li>Theology: the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.</li></ul>