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