Advertisement
pain
noun as in physical suffering
noun as in mental suffering
Strongest matches
agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, grief, heartache, misery, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, woe, worry
Strong matches
affliction, despondency, distress, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, rack, torture, travail, tribulation, wretchedness
noun as in problem
verb as in bother, trouble
Strong matches
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
Weak matches
Example Sentences
When he was taken back to his cell "he lay down on the floor, pulled his knees up, and started moaning in pain... then he started vomiting".
The material could easily have tilted into melodramatic TV territory, but Redford handled it with a steady, unshowy touch, letting pain seep through pauses, glances and the things left unsaid.
Players also take things to try to minimise the pain of cramping in the stomach so they can continue to perform.
"I was so stressed I only felt the pain 20 minutes later."
"We just hope that she couldn't feel any pain and that she wasn't scared," Mrs Aguiar wrote.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
