Definition: feelings of mental or physical pain
Similar words: pain, painfulness
Definition: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Usage: the pain of loneliness
Synonyms: hurt, distress, suffering
Definition: psychological suffering
Usage: the death of his wife caused him great distress
Similar words: pain, painfulness
Definition: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
Usage: the pain of loneliness
Synonyms: agony, suffering, excruciation
Definition: a state of acute pain
Definition: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Usage: the patient developed severe pain and distension
Definition: misery resulting from affliction
Similar words: wretchedness, miserableness, misery
Definition: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Usage: the misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable
Synonyms: wretched, miserable, suffering
Definition: very unhappy; full of misery
Usage: he felt depressed and miserable; a message of hope for suffering humanity; wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
Similar words: unhappy
Definition: experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
Usage: unhappy over her departure; unhappy with her raise; after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence; had an unhappy time at school; the unhappy (or sad) news; he looks so sad
Synonyms: suffering
Definition: troubled by pain or loss
Usage: suffering refugees
Similar words: troubled
Definition: characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need
Usage: troubled areas; fell into a troubled sleep; a troubled expression; troubled teenagers