| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See HAPPY. 2. The use of energy to do something. Used in plural: effort, endeavor, exertion, strain1, striving, struggle, trouble, while. Informal : elbow grease. See WORK. 3. A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury: ache, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe, twinge. Informal : misery. See PAIN. 4. Informal. One that makes another totally miserable by causing sharp pain and irritation: thorn, trial. Idioms: pain in the neck, thorn in the flesh (or side) . See PAIN. 5. Attentiveness to detail. Used in plural: care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness. See CAREFUL. | | VERB: | 1. To cause suffering or painful sorrow to: aggrieve, distress, grieve, hurt, injure, wound. See HAPPY. 2. To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort: ache, hurt, pang, twinge. See PAIN.
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