collapsed in the throes of agony
that third-world country is caught up in the throes of a democratic revolution
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First Known Use: 13th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeardiscomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness;
affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture;
damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury;
backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache;
See words that rhyme with throe Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for throe Spanish Central: Translation of throe Nglish: Translation of throe for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of throe for Arabic speakers
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