throes
Intense struggle pangs
Throes are intense spasms of pain or struggle, usually in the plural: the throes of childbirth, death throes.
The word almost always appears in the phrase in the throes of, describing someone caught up in a powerful, often overwhelming experience: in the throes of passion, in the throes of a financial crisis.
The singular throe is rare outside poetry.
Intense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
affliction · grief · despair · trauma · woe · heartache · sorrow · desolation
Shortened word forms
- birthComing into the world
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- midwifeChildbirth assistance professional
dilation · pushing · epidural · maternity · parturition · newborn · obstetrics · labor pains
Violent disturbance of order
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- fluxContinuous change or flow
- transitionChange from one state
change · revolution · collapse · dissolution · unrest · convulsion · crisis · metamorphosis
Overwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- intensityStrength or force level
- abandonLeave behind permanently
frenzy · overwhelming · consumed · gripped · seized · swept up · overcome · intoxication
Armed military engagement
- conflictOpposition between parties
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
combat · resistance · confrontation · strife · contention · clash · thrashing · flailing
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
misery · affliction · grief · despair · trauma · woe · heartache · sorrow · desolation · travail
contractions
Shortened word forms
- birthComing into the world
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
midwife · dilation · pushing · epidural · maternity · parturition · newborn · obstetrics · labor pains · birthing
upheaval
Violent disturbance of order
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- fluxContinuous change or flow
transition · change · revolution · collapse · dissolution · unrest · convulsion · crisis · metamorphosis · birth pangs
ecstasy
Overwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- intensityStrength or force level
abandon · frenzy · overwhelming · consumed · gripped · seized · swept up · overcome · intoxication · infatuation
battle
Armed military engagement
- conflictOpposition between parties
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
wrestling · combat · resistance · confrontation · strife · contention · clash · thrashing · flailing · desperate
- hardshipshardship, adversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties
- sufferingagony, anguish, misery, pain, torment
- spasmsspasm, convulsion, twitch, jerk, seizure
throescalm
Free from agitation
tranquility · peace · serenity · stillness · repose
throesjoy
Intense positive emotion
bliss · comfort · contentment · pleasure · relief
throesresolution
Formal decision or determination
aftermath · conclusion · completion · settlement · recovery
- throw upEject stomach contents
- throwing upEjecting food involuntarily
- throw outDispose of unwanted items
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- thrown outExpelled or discarded
- throw a partyOrganize a social gathering
throw, overthrow, thrown, throwing, throws, thrower, throwers, throe, upthrow