Word Meaning

throes definition and meaning

n. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition.
n. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
v. i. To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
v. t. To put in agony.

Crossword clues for throes

- Violent upheaval