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agonistes
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek ????????? (ag?nist?s, “a contestant in the public games”), from ???? (ag?n, “contest, struggle”).
Noun
agonistes
- A person engaged in a struggle.
Usage notes
- usually found as an epithet, as in the most famous usage, Samson Agonistes by John Milton, to which the use of "agonistes" is often an allusion
Related terms
- agon
- agonist, antagonist, protagonist
- agony
Anagrams
- goatiness, isatogens
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agony
English
Etymology
14th century, via Old French [Term?] and Latin [Term?]; from Ancient Greek ?????? (ag?nía, “emulation, competition, struggle”), from ???? (ag?n, “contest”). Specifically of the struggle that precedes death (mortal agony) from the 1540s.
The sense of "extreme pain" from c. 1600.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ.??.ni?/
Noun
agony (countable and uncountable, plural agonies)
- Extreme pain.
- (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
- Violent contest or striving.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Chapter 10
- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II, Chapter 10
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Synonyms
- anguish, torment, throe, distress, pang, suffering
- See also Thesaurus:agony
Antonyms
- (extreme pain): ecstasy
Related terms
- agon
- agonal
- agonist, antagonist, protagonist
- agonistes
- agonize, agonise
Translations
Anagrams
- Goyan
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