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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bore, bother, drag, effort, exertion, irritation, nuisance, pest, trouble, vexation |
| 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: | irritation |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding, wrath |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, exasperation, fog, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique, rage, rancor, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, wrath |
| Antonyms: | affection, happiness, liking, love, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | abashment, bad conscience, blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discomposure, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, irritation, loss of face, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, pudency, remorse, reproach, scandal, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, skeleton in the cupboard, smear, stigma, stupefaction, treachery |
| Antonyms: | honor, pride, respect |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | torment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe mental distress |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, annoyance, bane, bother, excruciation, harassment, hell, irritation, misery, nag, nagging, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck, persecution, pest, plague, provocation, rack, scourge, suffering, torture, trouble, vexation, worry |
| Notes: | torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering |
| Antonyms: | contentment, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, calvary, care, complication, cross to bear, crucible, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hard time, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck, pest, plague, rigor, severe test, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, trying time, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance, worry |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anxiety, bad news, bind, bother, commotion, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, discontent, discord, disorder, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, grief, hang-up, heartache, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, irritation, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, pest, pickle, predicament, problem, puzzle, row, scrape, sorrow, spot, strain, stress, strife, struggle, suffering, task, torment, tribulation, tumult, unrest, vexation, woe |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, peace |
| Main Entry: | umbrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal displeasure |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoyance, chagrin, exasperation, fury, grudge, high dudgeon, huff, indignation, injury, ire, irking, irritation, miff, nettling, offense, pique, provoking, rage, resentment, sense of injury, vexation, wrath |
| Antonyms: | happiness, like, love, pleasure |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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