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Definition of agonious in US English:

agonious

adjective

  • (A) Full of agony, agonizing. (b) Involving struggle; relating to the agony of death.

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in Robert Fabyan (d. 1513), chronicler. From agony + -ous, originally after Middle French agonieux agonizing.

Pronunciation

agonious

/əˈɡəʊnɪəs/