agony
agony n
L. agōnia > Gk 'wrestling', 'physical contest', 'mental struggle'.
- Intense sorrow; severe suffering; deep trouble; prolonged grief; mental anguish.
- Christlike suffering; extreme spiritual and physical travail; anguish comparable to the desolation of Jesus in Gethsemane and on Calvary; (see Luke 22:41-44).
- Physical anguish; extreme pain; [fig.] death; dissolution.