- extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- a display or outburst of intense mental or emotional excitement: an agony of joy.
- the struggle preceding natural death: mortal agony.
- a violent struggle.
- the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
- acute physical or mental pain; anguish
- the suffering or struggle preceding death
- to exaggerate one's distress for sympathy or greater effect
- relating to or advising on personal problems about which people have written to the media
