Agonistical: alternatives and connections

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.

Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,…

Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily…

A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their…

The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or s…

An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.

That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of orato…

To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to…

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort…

Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure;…