Agony and Joy

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Agony

Agony noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.
Usage example: waiting all those hours to hear if he'd survived the plane crash was pure agony
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Joy is an antonym for agony in suffering topic.
Nearby Words: agonize, agonise, agonizing, agonized, agonising

Joy

Joy noun - A feeling or state of well-being and contentment.
Usage example: the inexpressible joy that the couple are feeling upon the birth of their first child
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Agony is an antonym for joy.
Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously
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How words are described

human human agony human joy
pure pure agony pure joy
utter utter agony utter joy
dying dying agony dying joy
Other adjectives: endless, sheer, obvious, real, extreme, great, absolute, main, personal, apparent, eternal, immense, tremendous, unending.

Both words in one sentence

  • Russian Roulette He gets orange flavor, to the joy of his opponents, but it is revealed that he "likes orange" and smiles as his opponent screams in agony as he gets a coffee sweet.
    Source: Russian Roulette
  • While torturing captives can get him useful information, he often just does it for fun even when it has no practical purpose, and takes great joy in his victims' agony.
    Source: Sadist
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