suffering
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(satellite adjective) troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees" |
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(noun) feelings of mental or physical pain |
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Synonyms: hurt |
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Related Words: agony, discomfort, irritation, pain, painfulness, soreness, tenderness, throes, torment, torture |
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(noun) misery resulting from affliction |
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Synonyms: woe |
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Related Words: misery, wretchedness |
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(satellite adjective) very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" |
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Synonyms: miserable, wretched |
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(noun) a state of acute pain |
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Synonyms: agony |
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Related Words: Passion, hurting, pain, throe |
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(noun) psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" |
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Synonyms: distress, hurt |
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Related Words: anguish, pain, painfulness, self-torment, self-torture, torment, torture |
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