Synonyms of agonies

agonies

noun

plural of agony

1

as in horrors

a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness

waiting all those hours to hear if he'd survived the plane crash was pure agony

Synonyms & Similar Words

• horrors
• nightmares
• miseries
• tortures
• torments
• hells
• murders
• curses
• ordeals
• tragedies
• misfortunes
• tribulations
• calamities
• trials
• afflictions
• Gehennas
• crosses
• thorns
• galls
• calvaries
• drags
• downers
• bummers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavens
• joys
• pleasures
• delights
• fun
• entertainments
• diversions
• recreations
• riots
• paradises
• picnics
• larks

2

as in pains

a state of great suffering of body or mind

the agony of never knowing what happened to her son

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pains
• distresses
• miseries
• anguishes
• torments
• tortures
• tribulations
• pangs
• sorrows
• woes
• straits
• discomforts
• travails
• afflictions
• hurts
• hardships
• racks
• heartbreaks
• dangers
• heartaches
• excruciations
• difficulties
• troubles
• aches
• emergencies
• crucibles
• rigors
• throes
• trials
• asperities
• crosses
• twinges
• stitches
• jeopardies
• pinches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consolations
• comforts
• solaces
• eases
• alleviations
• reliefs
• securities
• assuagements
• peaces
• well-beings

3

as in explosions

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

the announcement that the war was over unleashed a mass agony of joy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explosions
• outbursts
• bursts
• eruptions
• flashes
• gusts
• spasms
• paroxysms
• blazes
• gales
• flushes
• storms
• flares
• ebullitions
• frenzies
• fits
• ecstasies
• gushes
• rages
• raptures
• tantrums
• flare-ups
• transports
• deliriums
• blowups
• grouches
• firestorms
• furors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agonies

Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026

The reticence of Cartland’s heroes belies agonies of loneliness. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026

Although the novel’s center does not quite hold, O’Farrell’s emotional intelligence — the heart and heat of her characters — braces this sometimes unwieldy chronicle of a nation that has been subject to cumbrous historic agonies. — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026

While significant, the Sotheby’s statue was just one among thousands of pieces that had been systematically stolen during the country’s deepest agonies. — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026

The agonies of the day were only intermittently audible in the music on offer in Witten. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

The celebrated poet and memoirist, delves into the agonies of her decision and describes the emerging women’s liberation movement, of which Moore would soon become a participant. — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026