affliction

Main Entry:
affliction [uh-flik-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hurt condition; something that causes hurt
Synonyms: adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe
Antonyms: aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief
Main Entry: aggravation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: annoyance
Synonyms: affliction, aggro, bother, botheration, difficulty, distress, exasperation, hang-up, headache, irksomeness, irritation, pain, pain in the neck, pet peeve, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry
Main Entry: agony
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: suffering, pain
Synonyms: affliction, anguish, distress, dolor, misery, pangs, passion, throes, torment, torture, woe
Antonyms: comfort, happiness, health, peace, success
Main Entry: anguish
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: severe upset or pain
Synonyms: affliction, agony, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hurting, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness
Antonyms: comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, joyfulness, solace
Main Entry: bane
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cause of misery
Synonyms: affliction, blight, burden, bête noir, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, fatal attraction, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, ruination, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe
Antonyms: advantage, blessing, fortune, good luck
Main Entry: bereavement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death; loss
Synonyms: affliction, deprivation, distress, misfortune, sorrow, tribulation
Main Entry: blight
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disease; plague
Synonyms: affliction, bane, blot on the landscape, canker, contamination, corruption, curse, decay, dump, evil, eyesore, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, scourge, sight, withering, woe
Antonyms: blessing, boon, health, prosperity
Main Entry: blow
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: catastrophe
Synonyms: affliction, balk, bolt from the blue, bombshell, calamity, casualty, chagrin, comedown, debacle, disappointment, disaster, disgruntlement, frustration, jolt, letdown, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, reverse, setback, shock, tragedy, upset
Antonyms: good fortune, luck
Main Entry: burden
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental weight; stress
Synonyms: Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry
Antonyms: aid, help, relief
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