Thesaurus / take pains
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synonyms for take pains
- attend
- nurse
- nurture
- protect
- tend
- watch
- father
- mind
- minister
- mother
- pay attention to
- baby sit
- keep an eye on
- keep tabs on
- look after
- mind the store
- provide for
- ride herd on
- wait on
- watch over
- bother
- disturb
- interest
- involve
- perturb
- regard
- trouble
- worry
- disquiet
- distress
- touch
- apply to
- bear on
- become involved
- be relevant to
- make anxious
- make uneasy
- pertain to
- aspire
- bid for
- strive
- undertake
- address
- aim
- apply
- assay
- buck
- determine
- dig
- essay
- grind
- hassle
- hump
- hustle
- intend
- labor
- offer
- plug
- purpose
- push
- risk
- scratch
- seek
- strain
- struggle
- sweat
- try
- venture
- do one's best
- drive at
- go for
- go for broke
- hammer away
- have a crack
- have a shot at
- have a swing at
- make an effort
- make a run at
- peg away
- pour it on
- take on
- argue
- combat
- continue
- engage in
- force
- maintain
- oppose
- resist
- support
- bicker
- buck
- conduct
- contest
- defy
- dispute
- effect
- endure
- further
- hassle
- persevere
- persist
- prosecute
- repel
- row
- squabble
- strive
- struggle
- travail
- traverse
- uphold
- wage
- withstand
- wrangle
- buckle down
- carry on
- exert oneself
- fall out
- hammer away
- lay into
- light into
- make a stand against
- push forward
- put up an argument
- spare no effort
- stand up to
- take on
- tangle with
- toil on
- agree
- comply
- ignore
- let go
- neglect
- surrender
- cease
- concur
- forget
- give in
- give up
- halt
- idle
- leave
- quit
- stop
- yield
- believe
- make peace
- uphold
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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START THE QUIZ How to use take pains in a sentence
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANWycliffe translates the Vulgate: “And it as a modir onourid schal meete hym, and as a womman fro virgynyte schal take him.”
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYBut it was necessary to take Silan, which the rebels hastened to strengthen, closely followed up by the Spaniards.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANAnd this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYWhere the dampness is excessive the fronds take on an unhealthy appearance, and mould may appear.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINTell Lady Maude the candid truth, and take shame and blame to yourself, as you deserve.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODHe was positive he had seen some one enter the room, go to the chair, and take the money from his pockets.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXMadame Ratignolle, when they had regained her cottage, went in to take the hour's rest which she considered helpful.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINTake care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIt was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMWORDS RELATED TO TAKE PAINS
- afflicts
- aggravates
- agitates
- alarms
- badgers
- bears
- bedevils
- browbeats
- carp at
- concerns
- crosses
- discommodes
- disconcerts
- disgusts
- dismays
- displeases
- disquiets
- distresses
- disturbs
- eats
- embarrasses
- exacerbates
- exasperates
- goads
- grates on
- grieves
- harries
- hinders
- hurts
- impedes
- inconveniences
- insults
- intrudes upon
- irks
- irritates
- molests
- nags
- needles
- nudges
- pains
- perplexes
- perturbs
- pesters
- picks on
- plagues
- provokes
- pursues
- puts out
- rides
- scares
- spites
- tantalizes
- taunts
- teases
- torments
- troubles
- upsets
- vexes
- worries
- address
- aim
- apply
- aspire
- assay
- bid for
- buck
- determine
- dig
- do one's best
- drive at
- essay
- go for
- go for broke
- grind
- hammer away
- hassle
- have a crack
- have a shot at
- have a swing at
- hump
- hustle
- intend
- labor
- make a run at
- make an effort
- offer
- peg away
- plug
- pour it on
- purpose
- push
- risk
- scratch
- seek
- strain
- strive
- struggle
- sweat
- take on
- take pains
- try
- undertake
- venture
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.