What does agony mean?
Word: Agony
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Agony means very great pain of the body or of the mind.
Synonyms: pain, suffering, torment
Antonyms: comfort
How do you spell agony?
Syllables: ag - o - ny
Tricky part: The ending is the trap: it is a plain y. Students often add an e before it or write ie.
Watch out for: agoney, agonie, agany
Memory tip: Agony and pony share the same tail, o-n-y, and it ends in a plain y.
Agony in a sentence
Example 1: Sitting still through the boring film was agony for my little brother.
Example 2: Waiting for the result was pure agony for the whole family.
Example 3: The last hour of the hot, crowded bus ride was agony.
Fun Fact
In Britain, a newspaper writer who answers readers' letters about their problems is often called an agony aunt.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) harmoney
b) collony
c) seremony
d) agony
Show answer
d) agony. Harmony has no e before the y, ceremony begins with c and colony has one l, so agony is the correct one.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: agony
a) misery
b) sorrow
c) hurt
d) relief
Show answer
d) relief. Relief is the good feeling when pain goes away.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Dev was in aggony until the heavy parcel finally landed on his doorstep.
a) heavy
b) doorstep
c) landed
d) aggony
Show answer
d) aggony. Agony has a single g, the same g you see in ago.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nogya
a) along
b) young
c) agony
d) angry
Show answer
c) agony. Angry needs an r, along an l and young a u, which leaves agony.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Agony is the feeling you might have after ____.
a) drinking cold juice
b) wrapping up in a warm blanket
c) reading a good book
d) a long walk in tight shoes
Show answer
d) a long walk in tight shoes
2. The fans found the last minutes of the match agony, so they ____.
a) felt sleepy and bored
b) felt calm and relaxed
c) felt great worry and strain
d) felt proud and happy
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c) felt great worry and strain
