📖 Definitions of "Throe"
noun
- 1
A pang, spasm.
- 2
(usually plural) A hard struggle.
- 3
A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
verb
- 1
To put in agony.
- 2
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pangnoun | (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow. |
| spasmnoun | A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. |
| death throenoun | (chiefly in the plural) Struggle that is followed by death. |
| death-strugglenoun | The final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes. |
| contractionnoun | (orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark. |
| throes of passionnoun | sexual intercourse |
| tormentnoun | Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. |
| strainnoun | (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one. |
| twingenoun | A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time. |
| thrashingnoun | Action of the verb to thrash. |
| agonynoun | Extreme pain. |
| cephalotripsynoun | (medicine) The act or operation of crushing the head of a dead foetus in the womb in order to ease its extraction from the womb. |
| wringverb | (transitive) Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out. |
| crampnoun | A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction. |
| excruciationnoun | Excruciating pain. |
| cruciationnoun | (obsolete) torture or torment |
| deathnoun | The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. |
| back labornoun | Intense pain in one's back while in labor (giving birth). |
| crampingnoun | The action of something that cramps. |
| afflictionnoun | A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. |
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