Agony and Depression

Agony

Agony noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

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Depression and agony are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Depression" instead a noun "Agony".

Depression noun - A state or spell of low spirits.

Usage example: we threw our friend a party just to jar him out of his depression

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Agony and depression are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agony" instead a noun "Depression".

emotional	emotional agony	emotional depression
human	human agony	human depression
physical	physical agony	physical depression
pure	pure agony	pure depression
Other adjectives: long, utter, obvious, constant, severe, crushing, massive, extreme, intense, terrible, horrible, new, permanent, mental, immense, prolonged, crippling, existential, worse.

Synopsis: (Alternate Ending to Clannad After Story) Tomoya has been left emotionally scarred by the tragic death of his late wife, spending almost an entire year in agony and depression.

Source: Fanfic Recs / CLANNAD
Gloom, despair, and agony on me deep, dark depression, excessive misery if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all gloom, despair, and agony on me.

Source: Series / Hee Haw

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