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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | worry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, trouble |
| Synonyms: | anguish, annoyance, apprehension, bad news, care, concern, disquiet, distress, disturbance, doubt, fear, headache, heartache*, irritation, misery, misgiving, nag*, pain*, perplexity, pest, plague, presentiment, problem, torment, torture, trial, uncertainty, uneasiness, vexation, woe, worriment |
| Antonyms: | calmness, reassurance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alas |
| Part of Speech: | interjection |
| Definition: | unfortunately |
| Synonyms: | dear, dear me, gee, oh, too bad, woe, woe is me |
| Main Entry: | unhappiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | anhedonia, distress, dolor, dysphoria, grief, heartache, infelicity, melancholy, misery, misfortune, sadness, sorrow, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
| Main Entry: | travail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | struggle |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, childbirth, distress, drudgery, effort, exertion, labor, pains, pangs, parturition, stress, suffering, toil, tribulation, woe, work |
| Main Entry: | unhappiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sorrow |
| Synonyms: | gloom, gloominess, grief, heartache, joylessness, melancholy, misery, sadness, woe |
| Antonyms: | bliss, felicity, happiness, joyfulness, joyousness |
| Main Entry: | wretchedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misery |
| Synonyms: | abjection, affliction, agony, anguish, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, discontent, distress, grief, melancholia, pain, sadness, suffering, torment, unhappiness, woe |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joyousness |
| Main Entry: | dolefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sadness |
| Synonyms: | anguish, blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, downheartedness, dumps, gloom, glumness, grief, heartache, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mournfulness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
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