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Friday, January 26, 2007

Auto-Antonym: Agony

The OED Online Word of the Day for Jan. 24, 2007 was agony. The first two definitions are:
  • Anguish of mind, sore trouble or distress, a paroxysm of grief.
  • Intensity or paroxysm of pleasure.
If grief and pleasure are considered opposites, then agony is an an auto-antonym, or word that can mean the opposite of itself.

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