throe

throe

noun \ˈthrō\

Definition of THROE

1

: pang, spasm <death throes> <throes of childbirth>

2

plural : a hard or painful struggle <the throes of revolutionary social change — M. D. Geismar>

Examples of THROE

1. <collapsed in the throes of agony>
2. <that third-world country is caught up in the throes of a democratic revolution>

Origin of THROE

Middle English thrawe, throwe, from Old English thrawu, thrēa threat, pang; akin to Old High German drawa threat

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to THROE

Synonyms: ache, pang, prick, shoot, smart, sting, stitch, pain, tingle, twinge

Related Words: discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness; affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture; inflammation, sore, swelling; damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury; backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache

Near Antonyms: comfort, ease, easiness

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Rhymes with THROE

beau, blow, bow, bro, Chou, crow, do, doe, dough, floe, flow, foe, fro, froe, glow, go, grow, ho, hoe, jo, Jo, joe, know, lo, low, mho, mot, mow, no, No, O, oh, owe, Poe, pow, pro, rho, roe, row, Rowe, schmo, sew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, sow, stow, Stowe, strow, though, throw, toe, tow, trow, whoa, woe, yo