agony

souffrance, douleur atroce

Douleur physique très intense ou profonde souffrance morale.

En anglais simple : Very strong physical pain or deep emotional suffering.

• My back was in agony.
• Waiting for news was sheer agony.
• She cried out in agony when she moved her leg.

Comment l'utiliser : in agony (He lay on the floor in agony.); agony of something (She described the agony of losing her child.)

Synonymes : anguish, torment

Expressions courantes : in agony, agony of something, sheer agony

agonie

Dernières souffrances et lutte vécues avant la mort.

En anglais simple : The final suffering and struggle before death.

• His final agony was brief.
• The family gathered during her last agony.
• The poem describes a soldier in his death agony.

Synonymes : death throes

Expressions courantes : final agony, death agony, last agony