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pain
noun as in physical suffering
noun as in mental suffering
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agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, grief, heartache, misery, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, woe, worry
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affliction, despondency, distress, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, rack, torture, travail, tribulation, wretchedness
noun as in problem
verb as in bother, trouble
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ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, excruciate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, harrow, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound
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Example Sentences
Both measures were imposed on dubious grounds and have since inflicted serious pain for little gain.
And yes, as I’ve said, it’s been a particular illness that has really shaped who I am and has caused a lot of pain in the way it has for so many others.
Austin Butler — “Dune: Part Two” “Kieran Culkin winning an award for playing an extroverted charmer masking a deep well of pain? Didn’t that already happen with ‘Succession’?
Sparks echoed those sentiments: “I feel that everybody needs a night off. I think we should all celebrate cool culture and come together. Let’s have some fun and dance the pain away.”
The search for solutions, or relief from discomfort and pain, will be familiar to so many people.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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