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of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. Luke xxii. 44.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.

A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.

To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. To smart and agonize at every pore. Pope.

parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain. With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.

emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10.

A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." Milton.

tics. C. Middleton. The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him. Sir W. Scott.

To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. Dryden.

Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton.

Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind. Shak. Ghastly spasm or racking torture. Milton.

understanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. De Quincey. The virtue of his midnight agony. Keble.

Wrench his sword from him. Shak. Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony. Coleridge.

To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively. After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. Macaulay.

To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror. They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. Chaucer. Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells. Spenser. Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed thee; some howled, some yelled. Milton.