Agony (Noun)

A state of acute pain.

Nouns denoting natural processes.

She screamed in agony as the doctors reset her broken bones without any anesthesia.
His burns caused him to suffer through months of unrelenting agony that seemed to have no end.
After falling onto a rock while hiking, he clutched his injured back and doubled over in agony.
She winced in agony with every step as the ill-fitting shoes caused her feet to ache miserably.
Years after the car crash, she still relived the agony of her sister's final moments.

Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned".

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.

As she waited for the biopsy results, she felt an agony of suspense that threatened to consume her.
The football player was in agony after suffering a serious knee injury during the game.
Her grief was a slow agony that wore her down day after day, with no respite.
Watching his family go through poverty and hunger was an agony that drove him to take action.
After a nasty breakup, the couple's social media exchanges were a prolonged agony that continued for months.