throes

throes
Synonyms and related words:
Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, ache, aching, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, affect epilepsy, akinetic epilepsy, apoplexy, arrest, attack, autonomic epilepsy, better self, bite, blockage, blow, boring pain, cardiac epilepsy, charley horse, clonic spasm, clonus, compunction, convulsion, cortical epilepsy, cramp, cramps, crick, cursive epilepsy, cut, darting pain, distress, diurnal epilepsy, dolor, eclampsia, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior, epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior, epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, epitasis, falling sickness, fit, focal epilepsy, frenzy, fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gnawing, grand mal, grief, grip, griping, haute mal, hitch, hurt, hysterical epilepsy, ictus, injury, jumping pain, kink, lancinating pain, larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy, lesion, lockjaw, matutinal epilepsy, menstrual epilepsy, musicogenic epilepsy, myoclonous epilepsy, nasty blow, nip, nocturnal epilepsy, occlusion, orgasm, pain, pang, pangs, pangs of conscience, paroxysm, passion, petit mal, physiologic epilepsy, pinch, prick, pricking of heart, psychic epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, qualms, reflex epilepsy, rotatoria, scruples, seizure, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, sexual climax, sharp pain, shock, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, sore, sore spot, spasm, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, stoppage, stress, stress of life, stroke, suffering, tardy epilepsy, tender spot, tetanus, tetany, thrill, thromboembolism, thrombosis, tonic epilepsy, tonic spasm, tormen, torsion spasm, touch of conscience, traumatic epilepsy, trismus, tweak, twinge, twinge of conscience, twitch, ucinate epilepsy, visitation, voice of conscience, wound, wrench

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • throes — [ θrouz ] noun the final/last/death throes of something the last stages of something, just before it ends, usually when it is ending badly: the last throes of my career in the throes of something 1. ) involved in a difficult or unpleasant… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • throes — [θrəuz US θrouz] n [plural] [: Old English; Origin: thrag time ] in the throes of sth formal in the middle of a very difficult situation ▪ a country in the throes of a profound economic crisis →↑death throes …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • throes — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ intense or violent pain and struggle. ● in the throes of Cf. ↑in the throes of ORIGIN perhaps related to an Old English word meaning «calamity» …   English terms dictionary

  • throes — as in to be in the throes of, is spelt in this way, and should be distinguished from throws as a part of the verb throw …   Modern English usage

  • throes — noun violent pangs of suffering death throes • Hypernyms: ↑suffering, ↑hurt * * * ▶ plural noun the throes of childbirth: AGONY, pain, pangs, suffering, torture; …   Useful english dictionary

  • throes — [[t]θro͟ʊz[/t]] 1) N PLURAL: usu prep N, N of n If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages. [FORMAL] ...when the country… …   English dictionary

  • throes — n. in the throes (in the throes of a severe economic crisis) * * * in the throes (in the throes of a severe economic crisis) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • throes — noun (plural) in the throes of in the middle of a very difficult situation: a country in the throes of a profound economic crisis see also: death throes …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • throes — UK [θrəʊz] / US [θroʊz] noun the final/last/death throes of something the last stages of something, just before it ends, usually when it is ending badly the last throes of my career in the throes of something …   English dictionary

  • throes — [θrəʊz] plural noun intense or violent pain and struggle: he convulsed in his death throes. Phrases in the throes of struggling in the midst of. Origin ME throwe (sing.); perh. related to OE thrēa, thrawu calamity , influenced by thrōwian suffer …   English new terms dictionary

  • throes — plural noun the throes of childbirth in the throes of Syn: agony, pain, pangs, spasms, torment, suffering, torture; literary travail …   Thesaurus of popular words

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