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Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

Feeling sad or heartbroken

Experiencing pain

Extremely offensive, harsh and insulting

Lacking in material possessions or financial wealth

Tending to cause great distress or anxiety

Causing, likely to cause, or capable or causing, physical harm or injury

(somewhat rare) Bringing harm or injury to

(of a bodily part) Present participle for to suffer pain

Present participle for to cause pain or injury to

Present participle for to cause emotional distress to someone

Present participle for to cause pain through mistreatment

The condition of someone who suffers

A strong desire

An unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury

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Adjective

Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

feeling uncomfortable

giving someone gyp

giving someone trouble

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“I asked for the grace to give, to share, to console another, to dress a hurting wound, to lift a fallen spirit, to mend a quarrel, to dismiss a suspicion and replace it with trust.”

Adjective

Feeling sad or heartbroken

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

down-in-the-mouth

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

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“Pastor Ron could tell that Sally was really hurting about the divorce.”

Adjective

Experiencing pain

discombobulated

discountenanced

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

racked with pain

racked with suffering

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

sorry for oneself

down-in-the-mouth

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

on the verge of tears

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

at the end of one's tether

at one's wits' end

with tears in one's eyes

at end of one's rope

at the end of your tether

unfavourable^UK

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Adjective

Extremely offensive, harsh and insulting

dishonouring^UK

uncomplimentary

misrepresentative

full of contempt

unfavourable^UK

scandalmongering

unsubstantiated

on your high horse

high and mighty

ill-humoured^UK

confrontational

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

near the knuckle

close to the bone

disadvantageous

unsophisticated

evil-intentioned

full of reproof

rubbing the wrong way

on a short fuse

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Adjective

Lacking in material possessions or financial wealth

poverty-stricken

in distressed circumstances

in reduced circumstances

in straitened circumstances

on the breadline

strapped for cash

underprivileged

without a red cent

as poor as a church mouse

without two farthings to rub together

without two pennies to rub together

in Queer Street

unable to make ends meet

down on one's luck

without a penny

without two brass farthings to rub together

without a brass farthing

unable to keep the wolf from the door

on your beam-ends

without two pennies farthings to rub together

in administration

in receivership

behind eight ball

on one's uppers

in Carey Street

on the bread line

gone to the wall

on one's beam ends

without a shot in one's locker

poor as a church mouse

in the hands of the receivers

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

of no fixed address

of no fixed abode

down to last cent

discriminated against

economically disadvantaged

financially poor

down to last penny

in dire circumstances

on one's beam-ends

without a penny to one's name

without a penny to your name

on the wallaby track

in the poorhouse

in financial difficulties

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

without means of support

out of business

in dire straits

unable to pay one's debts

financially ruined

taken to the cleaners

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Adjective

Tending to cause great distress or anxiety

unfavourable^UK

a load of pants

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

heart-wrenching

disadvantageous

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

not up to snuff

earth-shattering

poverty-stricken

foolish-looking

beyond contempt

dissatisfactory

ill-favoured^UK

bargain-basement

counterproductive

life-threatening

environmentally unfriendly

blood-and-thunder

fire-and-brimstone

phantasmagorical

like death warmed up

suggestive of evil

full of hardship

causing excitement

beyond the pale

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

very unpleasant

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

beyond description

indescribably evil

behind eight ball

too horrible for words

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Adjective

Causing, likely to cause, or capable or causing, physical harm or injury

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

evil-intentioned

life-threatening

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

uncomplimentary

ill-intentioned

on the debit side

suggestive of evil

socially impaired

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Verb

(somewhat rare) Bringing harm or injury to

traumatizing^US

traumatising^UK

destabilizing^US

jeopardizing^US

inconveniencing

causing detriment to

wreaking havoc on

destabilising^UK

throwing a monkey wrench into

putting out of commission

detracting from

putting out of action

jeopardising^UK

interfering with

putting the kibosh on

making a mess of

playing havoc with

blowing a hole in

demoralizing^US

putting paid to

bringing to naught

demoralising^UK

dishonouring^UK

throwing a spanner in the works of

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

putting a damper on

discolouring^UK

putting an end to

bastardizing^US

putting the lid on

bastardising^UK

making a hash of

leaving desolate

laying waste to

putting a stop to

bringing to an end

leaving in ruins

bringing to ruin

radioactivating

immobilizing^US

putting at risk

chipping away at

burning through

driving a nail into the coffin of

taking advantage of

razing to the ground

playing merry hell with

raining on someone's parade

laying in ruins

immobilising^UK

doing damage to

gnawing away at

making unattractive

throwing monkey wrench in

rendering incapable

doing mischief to

unstrengthening

bringing about the downfall of

rendering powerless

making powerless

bringing to nothing

reducing to rubble

reducing to nothing

wreaking havoc upon

making misshapen

bending out of shape

distorting the shape of

handling roughly

nipping in the bud

turning upside-down

committing sacrilege

throwing into confusion

throwing into disorder

causing turmoil in

causing confusion in

throwing into disarray

treating sacrilegiously

running through

causing the loss of

resulting in damage to

leading to the end of

resulting in harm to

causing the sacrifice of

blaspheming against

committing sacrilege against

treating with disrespect

making lose face

bowdlerizing^US

cutting to pieces

bowdlerising^UK

tearing limb from limb

spreading among

neutralizing^US

misrepresenting

misinterpreting

sexually assaulting

reducing in value

reducing in quality

rendering ineffective

dehumanizing^US

desensitizing^US

moonlight requisitioning

indecently assaulting

forcing oneself on

sexually abusing

forcing yourself on

dehumanising^UK

desensitising^UK

cutting down to size

taking down a peg

lowering the status of

bringing shame to

working against

outmaneuvering^US

outmanoeuvring^UK

neutralising^UK

casting a gloom upon

knocking the bottom out of

dragging through the mud

queering the pitch of

casting gloom over

bringing a note of sadness to

poking full of holes

clipping one's wings

prevailing over

having an effect on

exerting influence on

having an impact on

preventing from moving

making inoperative

rendering inactive

bringing to a standstill

preventing from working

rendering inoperative

bringing to a halt

losing strength

simulating age in

blowing to bits

blowing to pieces

blowing sky-high

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“Various scientists suggest that global warming will hurt the environment in many ways.”

Verb

(of a bodily part) Present participle for to suffer pain

being sensitive

causing discomfort

“My muscles would hurt after I lifted weights for the first time in years.”

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Present participle for to cause pain or injury to

“Jerry managed to hurt Tom by smacking him in the face with a cue stick.”

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Present participle for to cause emotional distress to someone

discombobulating

causing anguish

causing offense

causing suffering

giving offence to

hurting someone's feelings

pushing the buttons of

cutting to the quick

thumbing nose at

“His brash comments on social media would hurt a great many people who read them.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause pain through mistreatment

“Be wary of individuals who deliberately hurt others without empathy for their own personal gain.”

Noun

The condition of someone who suffers

dark night of the soul

heartbrokenness

harsh conditions

trials and tribulations

stroke of bad luck

stroke of ill luck

pain in the bum

pain in the backside

tough situation

pain in the rear

reversal of fortune

pain in the neck

reverse of fortune

sticky situation

critical situation

tricky situation

tight situation

difficult situation

unfortunateness

worst-case scenario

sorry condition

awkward situation

problematic situation

unfortunate situation

no-win situation

impecuniousness

uphill struggle

tough assignment

unfortunate incident

kick in the teeth

thorn in one's flesh

stumbling block

spanner in the works

fly in the ointment

devil's own luck

devastating blow

botched situation

unpredictable outcome

lack of success

pressure cooker

extreme suffering

worst possible outcome

worst that could happen

worst comes to worst

difficult going

rough situation

monkey wrench in the works

thorn in one's side

source of difficulty

source of trouble

serious accident

nervous tension

pressure of work

blot on the landscape

piece of bad luck

unresponsiveness

punctiliousness

conscientiousness

conventionalism

financial distress

attention to detail

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Noun

A strong desire

fire in the belly

object of desire

acquisitiveness

strong interest

chocolate addiction

self-indulgence

imaginativeness

fool's paradise

castle in the air

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Noun

An unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury

painful feeling

painful sensation

muscular contraction

pins and needles

creeping sensation

aches and pains

muscle contraction

sensitivity to pain

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