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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, anguish, difficulty, discomfort, distress, dolor, hardship, martyrdom, misery, misfortune, ordeal, passion, torment, torture |
| Antonyms: | happiness, health, joy |
| Main Entry: | suffer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, permit |
| Synonyms: | abide, accept, acquiesce, admit, allow, bear, bear with, bleed, bow, brave, brook, carry the torch, concede, countenance, encounter, experience, feel, go through, have, hurt, indulge, know, let, license, live with, put up with, receive, sanction, see, sit and take it, stand, stomach*, submit, support, sustain, swallow*, sweat*, take it, take*, tolerate, undergo, wait out, yield |
| Antonyms: | disallow, fight, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sore feeling; dull pain |
| Synonyms: | anguish, hurt, misery, pang, pounding, smarting, soreness, spasm, suffering, throb, throbbing, throe, twinge |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain |
| Antonyms: | comfort, ease, health, relief |
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affliction |
| 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: | 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: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
| Synonyms: | all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment |
| Antonyms: | assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty, sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | damage, deprivation, detriment, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, loss, suffering |
| Antonyms: | repayment, retribution |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | accident, adulteration, adversity, affliction, bane, blemish, blow, breakage, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, cave-in, contamination, corruption, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detriment, devastation, disservice, disturbance, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, illness, impairment, infliction, knockout, marring, mischief, mishap, mutilation, outrage, pollution, ravage, reverse, ruin, ruining, spoilage, stroke, suffering, waste, wound, wreckage, wrecking, wrong |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, favor, improvement, profit |
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