throes

throe  (thr)

n.

1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth. See Synonyms at pain.

2. throes A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse.

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[Middle English throwe, perhaps alteration of thrawe, from Old English thrawu, genitive of thrah, pain, affliction.]

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throes

Noun, pl

1. violent pangs, pain, or convulsions: an animal in its death throes

2. in the throes of struggling to cope with (something difficult or disruptive): in the throes of a civil war [Old English thrāwu threat]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

throes - violent pangs of suffering; "death throes" hurt, suffering - feelings of mental or physical pain

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throes

plural noun pains, spasms, pangs, fit, stabs, convulsions, paroxysm in the throes of something in the midst of, in the process of, suffering from, struggling with, wrestling with, toiling with, anguished by, agonized by, in the pangs of

Translations

throes [θrəuz] npl in the throes of → en medio de

throes [θrəuz] npl in the throes of → au beau milieu de; en proie à;

in the throes of death → à l'agonie

throes [θrəuz] npl in the throes of (war, moving house etc) → mitten in +dat;

death throes → Todeskampf m

throes [θrəuz] npl in the throes of → alle prese con; in preda a;

in the throes of death → in agonia