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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anguish, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, bitterness, broken heart, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, distress, dolor, grief, heartbreak, heavy heart, hurting, misery, pang, remorse, sadness, suffering, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | desperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disconsolateness, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
| Antonyms: | confidence, contentment, security |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news, blues, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | dolor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery, anguish |
| Synonyms: | agony, distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, passion, ruth, sadness, sorrow, suffering |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bemoaning, bereavement, bewailing, care, dejection, deploring, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, infelicity, lamentation, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mournfulness, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, repining, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness |
| Main Entry: | heartbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental or emotional misery |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bale, bitterness, broken heart, care, desolation, despair, distress, grief, heartache, heartsickness, heavy heart, pain, regret, remorse, rue, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, woe |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy, love |
| Main Entry: | loneliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | isolation |
| Synonyms: | alienation, aloneness, desolation, forlornness, friendlessness, heartache, lonesomeness, remoteness, seclusion, solitariness, solitude, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | misery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, mental or physical |
| Synonyms: | ache, agony, anguish, anvil chorus, bad news, blues, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distress, dolor, gloom, grief, hardship, headache, heartache, hurting, melancholy, pang, passion, sadness, sorrow, squalor, stitch, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, unhappiness, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, fun, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, despondency, distress, grief, heartache, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, misery, rack, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain a pain is something that hurts as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; a pane is a sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy, pleasure, well-being |
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