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Noun
▲
Severe mental or physical pain or suffering
distress
pain
torture
woe
agony
misery
torment
grief
sorrow
suffering
heartache
heartbreak
affliction
angst
wretchedness
desolation
despair
dolefulness
dolor
excruciation
hurt
rack
sorriness
straits
travail
tribulation
unhappiness
dolour
pang
purgatory
throe
anxiety
calvary
cross
dole
hurting
rue
hell on earth
dark night of the soul
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“The film depicts how physical and mental anguish can distort our view of reality.”
Noun
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(count noun) A feeling of worry or anxiety
care
worry
anxiety
trouble
disquiet
disquietude
bother
unease
upset
distress
concern
sorrow
grief
sadness
affliction
woe
hardship
tribulation
suffering
pain
torment
misery
angst
responsibility
stress
agita
agitation
anxiousness
apprehension
apprehensiveness
burden
concernment
fear
nervosity
nervousness
perplexity
pressure
sweat
uneasiness
vexation
strain
perturbation
burdens
discomposure
fluster
discomfiture
confusion
disconcertion
neurosis
dismay
disorder
sickness
illness
bewilderment
complaint
excitement
clamourUK
upheaval
distraction
outcry
flurry
stimulation
abashment
suspicion
embarrassment
commotion
arousal
lather
ferment
awkwardness
qualms
chagrin
flusteredness
tumult
incitement
dubiety
shame
humiliation
mortification
mixing
tizzy
rocking
clamorUS
tizzy, tizz
nervous excitement
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Noun
▲
The quality of being remorseful
remorsefulness
remorse
contrition
repentance
regret
contriteness
penitence
guilt
compunction
rue
shame
ruefulness
attrition
ruth
penance
penitency
qualm
scruple
grief
humiliation
debasement
degradation
distress
humbling
sadness
self-reproach
self-condemnation
self-castigation
self-flagellation
self-punishment
scruples
misgivings
qualms
second thoughts
sorrowfulness
atonement
reluctance
uneasiness
hesitancy
hesitation
compunctions
apology
conversion
sackcloth and ashes
misgiving
worries
unease
doubts
reservations
punctiliousness
sympathy
stab
twinges of conscience
work out
stab of conscience
demurs
pauses
falterings
doubt
difficulty
anxiety
superegos
twinges
reluctancy
censors
perplexity
squeamishness
caution
reconsiderations
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Noun
▲
Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment, especially through the exercise of authority
oppression
suppression
brutality
cruelty
persecution
repression
subjugation
tyranny
authoritarianism
despotism
maltreatment
ruthlessness
subjection
suffering
abuse
abusiveness
harshness
injustice
torment
tyrrany
control
domination
enslavement
exploitation
harassment
hardship
injury
misery
pain
severity
autocracy
calamity
coercion
compulsion
conquering
dictatorship
fascism
force
forcibleness
subduing
hardness
ill treatment
ill-treatment
iron hand
martial law
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Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to
torment
torture
afflict
plague
rack
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
harrow
bedevil
beset
persecute
curse
excruciate
besiege
trouble
harass
worry
bother
distress
oppress
pain
vex
annoy
harry
pester
disturb
wound
hurt
irritate
cause suffering to
dishearten
discomfit
confuse
pique
crush
rile
dispirit
daunt
frighten
deject
demoralizeUS
nark
discourage
weigh down
bewilder
make anxious
chagrin
make uneasy
scare
demoraliseUK
horrify
hack off
disgust
bum out
intimidate
eat
sicken
spook
abash
put out
overwhelm
cast down
appallUS
take aback
knock for six
appalUK
nonplus
floor
startle
shatter
grate
stun
panic
put off
psych
excite
chill
goad
knock sideways
stir up
rankle
spite
wind up
disgruntle
move
rankle with
pother
make unhappy
hang over
puzzle
derange
dash
dumbfound
make sad
put someone off their stroke
terrorizeUS
rub up the wrong way
cow
frost
infuriate
gripe
incense
madden
terroriseUK
enrage
make waves
knock the stuffing out of
unman
jar
nauseate
jolt
surprise
amaze
disorder
work up
daze
make despondent
antagonizeUS
tire
get across
sap
niggle
make uncomfortable
inflame
cut
weary
itch
rasp
overpower
disrupt
antagoniseUK
psych out
put a damper on
terrify
beat down
confront
breathe down someone's neck
disappoint
make gloomy
affright
thwart
astound
touch
consternate
rouse
gravel
subjugate
scandalizeUS
dampen
abrade
make someone see red
debilitate
fear
turn off
cause anxiety
disorganize
disarrange
sweat
give someone the hump
interfere
enervate
cause offense
egg on
browbeat
break one's heart
hurt somebody's feelings
hurt someone's feelings
throw off
weaken
awe
hack you off
wreck
get down
scandaliseUK
crab
give someone a turn
turn one off
get someone down
face
weigh
give a turn
put into a flap
drive mad
keep on at
throw into a tizz
make your heart bleed
drive round the twist
work on
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
dissatisfy
rub the wrong way
set someone back on their heels
cause someone to lose their composure
bite
despair
disoblige
test
humiliate
repel
obsess
bring down
petrify
stimulate
cause anguish
paralyseUK
craze
suppress
foil
prevent
deter
astonish
arouse
rark
make fretful
preoccupy
turn
dampen spirits
subdue
dislocate
disarray
cause anxiety to
make blue
drag down
flip out
bring one down
drain
stupefy
be a burden to
be a burden on
bustle
be a pain in the neck
break the heart of
put into a funk
paralyzeUS
incapacitate
put
let down
pressurizeUS
bleed
turn on
fire up
stir
henpeck
muddle
abase
stretch
take over
jumble
mess up
down
make angry
flummox
mix up
be at
make a scene
pick at
dull
displace
wear
tyrranize
get your back up
defeat
make self-conscious
prostrate
grate on
smother
louse up
carp
dominate
put your back up
take pains
foul up
bruise
give someone the blues
put the wind up someone
cause discomfort to
greatly upset
criticizeUS
put someone's nose out of joint
bowl over
dement
fuddle
rummage
throw into a tizzy
put the wind up
hang up
repress
be offensive
cast a gloom upon
grind down
take control of
get up your nose
get under your skin
T-off
tee off
overthrow
heavy
criticiseUK
bring tears to your eyes
pressuriseUK
exploit
make someone fed up
go on at
cheese off
get on your wick
treat harshly
gross out
be cruel to
throw a curve
hit where one lives
burn
be brutal to
rattle one's cage
walk all over
ride roughshod over
be on the back of
hurry
cause disquiet to
occupy
tear apart
incite
flutter
excoriate
tick someone off
buffet
tangle
unquiet
corner
hustle
repulse
tear at
make restless
pall
unstring
be hurtful to
mourn
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
quicken
galvanizeUS
cause to panic
deplore
ferment
fester
constrain
interrupt
cause someone distress
prick
baffle
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
eat away at
dun
ventilate
examine
lampoon
hurt deeply
ridicule
shame
cause concern to
galvaniseUK
beleague
thrill
be rude to
revolt
unbalance
stop
check
block
exhaust
flip
cramp
make someone scratch their head
get on nerves
be
lean on
hit hard
thumb nose at
deeply upset
intrude
complicate
make nervous
knock props out
knock for a loop
press down on
stagger
rock
disarm
make flip
work someone up
bug up
begrudge
grudge
put pressure on
tear to shreds
be unwell
sweat out
be a great weight on
overcharge
overawe
get someone
key up
lay up
cast a gloom on
mess with
mess
push someon's buttons
bore
avert
hamper
inhibit
disaccord
jangle
disharmonize
discord
destabilizeUS
stump
furbelow
bluster
inflict trauma
frill
throw into tizzy
break someone's heart
disorientate
be bothered
rock the boat
chivy
bring pressure to bear on
make downhearted
lower
stifle
make cross
disillusion
demean
be indisposed
be crook
cause pain
muss
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
blast
dang
darn
whelm
overmaster
swamp
straiten
dispraise
slander
stress out
get even
cramp style
disenchant
droop
cause to lose heart
disparage
knock the stuffing out of someone
deprecate
scarify
fright
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
uncalm
undermine
buffalo
enfeeble
unrail
obstruct
forestall
overturn
deflect
impede
crash
hinder
dumfound
flabbergast
vanquish
worst
trump
outwit
dishevel
hash
tousle
rumple
tumble
disjoint
shuffle
scramble
upset the apple cart
be ill
be weak
be sick
feel pain
dishonourUK
discredit
catch
devitalize
diminish
squelch
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
stick the knife into
dragoon
single out
expel
make it hot for someone
exile
jerk around
macerate
noodge
foray
bullyrag
destabiliseUK
mystify
snafu
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
get in the way
drive to distraction
drive crazy
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
fuss over
worry about
exert oneself
have had enough
make fed up
become bored
make discontented
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
numb
thunderstrike
electrify
set back
prey on one's mind
dishonorUS
throw into confusion
snow under
humble
deaden
extinguish
curb
quell
make your blood boil
get your goat
put off his or her stride
take the wind out of someone's sails
chasten
put yourself out
make an effort
take the trouble
put oneself out
be concerned about
drive insane
screw up
fill with consternation
muck up
hit a sour note
throw into uproar
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
throw into disorder
flap
snub
push button
heat up
get your dander up
scare silly
scare stiff
make jump
make a fuss about
send over the edge
slur
zing
bear down on
damp down
knock out
be the matter with
catch one short
make insane
misplace
give someone the pip
ask for it
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
scare to death
go to the trouble of
go out of one's way
put in a spot
make a monkey of
put in a hole
put on the spot
nitpick
quibble
cavil
fidget
scare the bejesus out of
cast a pall over
put out of countenance
live off
blackmail
take advantage of
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
seize
live on
nip in the bud
be agitated
scare the living daylights out of
make someone's hair stand on end
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
put someone's back up
tread on someone's toes
enslave
labour over
drag
darken
damp
get someone's goat
hegemonize
master
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
be in a stew
be in a flap
get worked up
make a mountain out of a molehill
be in a tizzy
get in a stew
make a thing of
run down
reduce to tears
disable
smash
impair
subject
mar
keep down
soften
melt
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
encumber
overload
saddle
bring under the yoke
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
handicap
rule with a rod of iron
rule over
hold sway over
tyrannize over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
trample
despotize
rule
coerce
put upon
bring to heel
deform
make desolate
keep under
tug at the heart
arouse sympathy
arouse pity
tug at someone's heartstrings
disfigure
deface
blemish
endamage
cripple
vitiate
compromise
flaw
harsh someone's mellow
bear down
domineer
menace
knacker
crool
mangulate
scathe
overbear
threaten
manhandle
get in one's hair
get under one's skin
contort
wax
batter
distort
foul
prejudice
total
draw blood
do mischief to
hack up
crunch
overextend
mishandle
scold
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
trespass
make ill
berate
upbraid
push around
kick around
play the heavy with
push about
mess over
disagree
yowl
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
peck at
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
make unwell
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
carp at
do wrong to
cause harm to
egg
urge
find fault with
harp on at
find fault
prod
moan at
moan on at
take it out on
grumble at
keep complaining to
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Verb
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To feel deep sadness, distress or anguish
grieve
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
mourn
sorrow
suffer
hurt
bleed
ache
be distressed
be sad
be miserable
lament
be in distress
weep
pine
complain
cry
be sorrowful
wail
sob
be mournful
be upset
be in anguish
weep and wail
carry on
be in pain
sigh
keen
fret
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