| agon | (noun) a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes | - |
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| agonadal | (adjective) lacking gonads | - |
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| agonal | (adjective) pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies) | - |
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| agone | (adjective) gone by; or in the past | Synonyms: ago |
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| agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonised | (adjective) expressing pain or agony | Synonyms: agonized |
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| agonising | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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| agonist | (noun) (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction | - |
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| (noun) a muscle that contracts while another relaxes | - |
| (noun) someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) | - |
| (noun) the principal character in a work of fiction | Synonyms: protagonist |
| agonistic | (adjective) of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece | - |
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| (adjective) struggling for effect | Synonyms: strained |
| (adjective) striving to overcome in argument | Synonyms: agonistical, combative |
| agonistical | (adjective) striving to overcome in argument | Synonyms: agonistic, combative |
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| agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
| agonized | (adjective) expressing pain or agony | Synonyms: agonised |
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| agonizing | (adjective) extremely painful | Synonyms: agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturing, torturous |
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| agonizingly | (adverb) in a very painful manner | Synonyms: excruciatingly, torturously |
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| agony | (noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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| (noun) a state of acute pain | Synonyms: excruciation, suffering |