Miff vs Agony - What's the difference?
miff | agony |
A small argument, quarrel.
* 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
* 1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree
A state of being offended.
* 1851, T. S. Arthur, Off-Hand Sketches
(usually used in the passive) to offend slightly
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* 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet
* 1911, James Oliver Curwood, Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
to become slightly offended
* 1905, George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable
Violent contest or striving.
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
As nouns the difference between miff and agony
is that miff is a small argument, quarrel while agony is violent contest or striving.As a verb miff
is (usually used in the passive) to offend slightly.miff
English
Noun
(en noun)- nay, she would throw it in the teeth of Allworthy himself, when a little quarrel, or miff , as it is vulgarly called, arose between them.
- John Wildway and I had a miff and parted;...
- She's taken a miff at something, I suppose, and means to cut my acquaintance.
Verb
(en verb)- ... answered my Thetis, a little miffed perhaps -- to use the women's phrase -- that I turned the conversation upon my former partner, rather than addressed it to herself.
- "Don't get miffed about it, man," returned Nome with an irritating laugh.
- She miffed and started to reply, but thought better of it.
agony
English
Noun
(agonies)- The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. —.
- Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. —Luke xxii. 44.
- With cries and agonies of wild delight. —.