Definition of "agony"

agony

/ˈæ.ɡə.niː/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural agonies
1. Extreme pain.
2. (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
  Quotations
  And being in an agonie, he prayed more earneſtly, […].
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 22:44, column 1
3. Violent contest or striving.
  Quotations
  The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations.
  1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 10, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
4. Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
  Quotations
  With cries and agonies of wild delight.
  1725, Homer, “Book X”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot
5. The last struggle of life; death struggle.