| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, curse, evil, plague, scourge, woe. See HELP. 2. A pathological condition of mind or body: ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness. See HEALTH. 3. Whatever is destructive or harmful: bad, badness, evil. See HELP. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune: bad, evil, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpropitious. See LUCK. 2. Causing harm or injury: bad, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous. See HELP. 3. Suffering from or affected with an illness: down, sick, unwell. Informal : laid up. Chiefly Regional : poorly. See HEALTH.
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