Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Throe
throe, n. [ME from unknown origin.]
- Deep feeling; intense emotion; profound response to an experience.
- Spasm; paroxysm; severe contraction; torturous pain; [fig.] stroke; cerebrovascular accident.
- Wince; frown; grimace; cringe; flinch; [fig.] struggle; fight.
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