agon

English - Turkish

Definition of agon in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

agonizing

{i} işkence ediş

agonizing

{f} işkence et

agonizing

agonize büyük acı çek

agonizing

{s} acı veren

agonizing

{s} cefalı

agonizing

{s} işkenceli

agonizing

çok acı verici

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of agon in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Eski Yunan toplumunda erginleme törenlerinin üç aşamasından biri

Antik tiyatroda, tragedya ozanları, oyuncular ve dithyrambos koroları arasında yapılan yarışmalar

English - English

Definition of agon in English English dictionary

A two-player boardgame played with a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Also known as queen's guard

A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded

An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas

Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology” (Harold Bloom).

A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work

Barreness

Action," in Greek; the root word for "agony " Agon refers to the major struggles and interactions of Greek tragedies

a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

\AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\, plural agones \uh-GOH-neez\ noun: A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work

A test of will; a conflict

A contest for a prize at the public games

A two-player boardgame played with a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Also known as queens guard

Related Terms

agonizing

Present participle of agonize

agonizing

Causing agony

It was an agonizing twenty minutes wait for the results.

agonizing

Agonizing decisions and choices are very difficult to make. He now faced an agonizing decision about his immediate future

agonizing

ago·niz·ing in BRIT, also use agonising1. Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain. He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother + agonizingly ago·niz·ing·ly Progress was agonizingly slow

agonizing

{s} causing agony, tormenting; very painful; causing difficulty (also agonising)

agonizing

extremely painful

Hyphenation

ag·on

Etymology

[ 'ä-"gän, ä-'gOn ] (noun.) 1600. From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (“contest”).