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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join together |
| Synonyms: | baste, fasten, join, sew, suture |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sew temporarily |
| Synonyms: | catch, fasten, stitch, tack |
| Main Entry: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
| Synonyms: | ache, charley horse, circumscription, confinement, constipation, contraction, convulsion, crick, hindrance, impediment, kink, obstruction, pain, pang, restriction, shooting pain, stiffness, stitch, stricture, twinge |
| Main Entry: | crick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
| Synonyms: | ache, charley horse, convulsion, cramp, jarring, kink, pain, stitch, twinge, wrench |
| Main Entry: | embroider |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add fancy stitching, adornment |
| Synonyms: | beautify, bedeck, braid, color, cross-stitch, deck, decorate, embellish, fix up, garnish, gild, gussy up, knit, ornament, pattern, quilt, spruce up, stitch, weave pattern, work |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spasm of muscular tissue |
| Synonyms: | charley horse, cramp, crick, knot, muscle spasm, pain, pang, pinch, stab, stitch, tweak, twinge |
| 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: | physical suffering |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, agony, burn, catch, convulsion, cramp, crick, discomfort, distress, fever, gripe, hurt, illness, injury, irritation, laceration, malady, misery, pang, paroxysm, prick, sickness, smarting, soreness, spasm, sting, stitch, strain, tenderness, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge, wound |
| 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: | comfort, good health, health, well-being |
| Main Entry: | pang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ache, twinge |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, bite, discomfort, distress, gripe, misery, pain, prick, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, throb, throe, wrench |
| Antonyms: | tingle |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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