different between mortification vs agony
mortification
English
Etymology
From Middle French mortification, from Old French, from Latin mortificatio.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
mortification (countable and uncountable, plural mortifications)
- The act of mortifying.
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- (medicine) The death of part of the body.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
- And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
- A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
- (law, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.
Synonyms
- (a sensation of extreme shame): shame, humiliation
Antonyms
- (a sensation of extreme shame): honor, exaltation
Translations
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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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