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afflicted
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afflicted
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed |
| Synonyms: | cursed, depressed, doleful, grieved, impaired, stricken, suffering |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | aggrieved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very distressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, depressed, disturbed, grieving, harmed, hurt, injured, oppressed, pained, peeved, persecuted, saddened, unhappy, woeful, wronged |
| Antonyms: | happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | diseased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhealthy |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, ailing, indisposed, infected, infectious, infirm, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unsound, unwell, unwholesome |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy |
| Main Entry: | distressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agitated, all torn up, antsy, anxious, basket case, bothered, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, concerned, cut up, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distrait, distraught, dragged, exercised, fidgety, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, ripped, saddened, shaky, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, troubled, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, comforted, glad, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doleful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressing |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, cast down, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, dirgeful, dismal, dispirited, distressing, dolent, dolorous, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grieving, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, rueful, sad, somber, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, glad, gleeful, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | dolorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | miserable, anguished |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, afflictive, calamitous, deplorable, dire, distressing, doleful, dolent, dolesome, dolorific, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, plaintive, regrettable, rueful, ruthful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheery, happy, hopeful |
| Main Entry: | ill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | a wreck, afflicted, ailing, below par, bummed, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug, indisposed, infirm, laid low, off one's feet, on sick list, out of sorts, peaked, poorly, queasy, rotten, run-down, running temperature, sick as a dog, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, woozy |
| Antonyms: | good, healthy, sound, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | miserable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy, depressed |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, agonized, ailing, anguished, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, desolate, despairing, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, discontented, distressed, doleful, dolorous, down, down in the mouth, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, heartbroken, hopeless, hurt, hurting, ill, in pain, injured, melancholy, mournful, on a downer, pained, pathetic, pitiable, racked, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick, sickly, sorrowful, strained, suffering, tormented, tortured, tragic, troubled, woebegone, wounded, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, happy, joyful, merry |
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