Thesaurus / take pains
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synonyms for take pains
- try
- worry about
- be concerned about
- concern oneself
- exert oneself
- fuss over
- make a fuss about
- make an effort
- put oneself out
- go out of one's way
- watch
- tend
- protect
- consider
- attend
- sit
- treasure
- mind
- foster
- minister
- mother
- nurse
- nurture
- ride herd on
- wait on
- pay attention to
- baby sit
- keep an eye on
- keep tabs on
- look after
- mind the store
- provide for
- watch over
- disturb
- perturb
- bother
- regard
- involve
- interest
- trouble
- worry
- touch
- disquiet
- distress
- bear on
- apply to
- be relevant to
- become involved
- make anxious
- make uneasy
- pertain to
- aspire
- undertake
- strive
- essay
- scratch
- strain
- hassle
- determine
- apply
- intend
- seek
- try
- hump
- labor
- hustle
- assay
- risk
- offer
- purpose
- address
- plug
- buck
- dig
- grind
- aim
- sweat
- venture
- push
- struggle
- drive at
- go for
- take on
- bid for
- go for broke
- hammer away
- have a crack
- have a shot at
- have a swing at
- make a run at
- make an effort
- peg away
- pour it on
- do one's best
- force
- combat
- support
- maintain
- resist
- continue
- oppose
- argue
- withstand
- traverse
- bicker
- wrangle
- hassle
- further
- row
- wage
- uphold
- contest
- conduct
- dispute
- persevere
- prosecute
- squabble
- travail
- defy
- persist
- effect
- struggle
- strive
- buck
- repel
- endure
- buckle down
- carry on
- fall out
- lay into
- take on
- engage in
- exert oneself
- hammer away
- light into
- make a stand against
- push forward
- put up an argument
- spare no effort
- stand up to
- tangle with
- toil on
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antonyms for take pains
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- believe
- make peace
- forget
- quit
- idle
- leave
- give up
- stop
- halt
- yield
- neglect
- agree
- let go
- cease
- concur
- give in
- comply
- ignore
- surrender
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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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.