agony

[US]/ˈæɡəni/
[UK]/ˈæɡəni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ekstrem fysisk eller mental smerte.
Word Forms
Pluralagonies

Phrases & Collocations

agony of

smerter av

in agony

i smerte

agony aunt

spalteunkeltante

Example Sentences

an agony of doubt.

en agony av tvil.

He was in an agony of remorse.

Han var i en agony av skam.

I was in an agony of doubt.

Jeg var i en agony av tvil.

the agony behind his decision to retire.

den agonyen bak beslutningen hans om å gå på pensjon.

His last agony was over.

Den siste agonyen hans var over.

He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.

Han lå i agonyen til legen kom.

He endured agonies of loneliness and misery.

Han led gjennom ensomhetens og elendens kvaler.

He suffered agonies from his arm.

Han litt agonier fra armen hans.

he grovelled in agony as the driver lashed him repeatedly.

han kryp i agonyen mens føreren slår ham flere ganger.

The acceptance of the death agony in the flower of youth and in the flush of health turns intrepidity into frenzy.

Aksepteringen av dødens agony i blomsten av ungdom og i fargen av helsen gjør frivillighet til panikk.

She asked the nurse how long her agony must last.

Hun spurte sykepleieren hvor lenge agonyen hennes må vare.

He always piles on the agony when he has a cold; you’d think he was dying.

Han legger alltid på agonyen når han har en forkjølelse; du ville tro han dør.

Her mild but speaking countenance manifested a strong sympathy in the anticipated agony of the suppositious sufferer.

Hennes mild men uttalede uttrykk viste en sterk medfølelse for den forventede smerten hos den antatte lidende.

All astasies,of love and anger,joys and agonies,and all the passions that plague man fron birth, are lapped at in unimpassioned earth.

Alle astasier, av kjærlighet og vrede, gladelser og agonier, og alle de passionene som plager mennesket fra fødselen, blir lapped i upassionert jord.

Real-world Examples

He goes from agony to ecstasy!

Han går fra å være i smerter til ekstasi!

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

It ignores the agony that I went through for four long years.

Det ignorerte den smerter jeg hadde gjennom fire lange år.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

But the sanctions will likely cause even more agony for Venezuela.

Men sanksjonene vil sannsynligvis forårsake enda mer smerter for Venezuela.

Source: NPR News February 2019 Compilation

Oh, I'm sorry. You must be in agony.

Å, jeg er lei. Du må være i smerter.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

That will ease the agony, but it won't make up for politicians' mistakes.

Det vil lindre smertene, men det vil ikke gjøre opp for politikernes feil.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

He has suffered agonies from his broken arm.

Han har lidt av smerter fra det bråkte armen.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Forget it's in our hands to stop the agony

Glem at det er i våre hender å stoppe smertene

Source: Discussing American culture.

" I've killed her, " she thought, in superstitious agony.

"Jeg har drept henne", tenkte hun, i superstitiøs smerte.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Fire, for instance -- every nerve in agony.

Brann, for eksempel – alle nerve i smerter.

Source: English little tyrant

A horse, its mouth agape in death agony, is spilling its guts.

Et hest, med munn åpen i dødsmerter, spiller ut innhaldet sitt.

Source: The Power of Art - Pablo Picasso

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