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Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

Feeling sad or heartbroken

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 state of being in mental or emotional pain

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

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

in the doldrums

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

as sick as a parrot

singing the blues

discombobulated

discountenanced

racked with pain

racked with suffering

sick as a parrot

with a long face

mentally defeated

given to looking on the black side

ill-humoured^UK

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

unfavourable^UK

conscience-stricken

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

having the blahs

having blue devils

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

at end of one's rope

at the end of your tether

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

heart-wrenching

on the verge of tears

in high dudgeon

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

have had it up to here with

have had enough

have had a basinful of

have had something up to here

having a fit of the sulks

not best pleased

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

Adjective

Extremely offensive, harsh and insulting

dishonouring^UK

uncomplimentary

misrepresentative

scandalmongering

unfavourable^UK

unsubstantiated

evil-intentioned

disadvantageous

ill-intentioned

pass-remarkable

severely critical

full of reproof

accidentally on purpose

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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

on one's uppers

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

without a penny

without two brass farthings to rub together

without a brass farthing

unable to keep the wolf from the door

on one's beam-ends

without two pennies farthings to rub together

economically disadvantaged

in administration

in receivership

behind eight ball

on the bread line

without a penny to one's name

in Carey Street

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

down to last cent

of no fixed address

of no fixed abode

financially poor

discriminated against

in dire circumstances

down to last penny

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

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

disadvantageous

poverty-stricken

beyond contempt

foolish-looking

dissatisfactory

ill-favoured^UK

bargain-basement

earth-shattering

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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

jeopardizing^US

life-threatening

jeopardising^UK

uncomplimentary

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

discolouring^UK

putting the kibosh on

making a mess of

bringing to naught

playing havoc with

blowing a hole in

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

dishonouring^UK

putting an end to

bringing to ruin

putting a damper on

dragging through the mud

stigmatizing^US

radioactivating

unstrengthening

showing in a bad light

bringing into disrepute

giving a bad name to

making unattractive

driving a nail into the coffin of

reducing to rubble

stigmatising^UK

putting at risk

handling roughly

demoralizing^US

bringing discredit to

giving a black eye

putting a stop to

putting the lid on

playing merry hell with

raining on someone's parade

making lose face

bringing to an end

bringing dishonour to

putting paid to

leaving in ruins

doing mischief to

reflecting badly on

demoralising^UK

laying in ruins

making a hash of

bringing shame to

blackening the name of

bringing shame on

doing damage to

bringing about the downfall of

laying waste to

bending out of shape

making misshapen

distorting the shape of

spreading among

running through

running onto the rocks

dashing to pieces

damaging beyond repair

bastardizing^US

bastardising^UK

chipping away at

knocking the bottom out of

queering the pitch of

poking full of holes

clipping one's wings

bringing to nothing

reducing to nothing

wreaking havoc upon

leaving desolate

prevailing over

neutralizing^US

having an effect on

exerting influence on

having an impact on

casting a gloom upon

casting gloom over

bringing a note of sadness to

losing strength

working against

neutralising^UK

rendering ineffective

immobilizing^US

confining to a wheelchair

confining to bed

immobilising^UK

rendering infirm

enveloping in gloom

taking the fun out of

casting a pall over

taking the pleasure out of

casting a shadow over

taking the enjoyment out of

rendering powerless

throwing monkey wrench in

making powerless

making ineffective

rendering incapable

treating roughly

knocking around

making resentful

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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.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause pain or injury to

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

Verb

Present participle for to cause emotional distress to someone

discombobulating

causing anguish

causing offense

causing suffering

giving offence to

hurting somebody'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 state of being in mental or emotional pain

dark night of the soul

heartbrokenness

stroke of bad luck

pain in the bum

harsh conditions

pain in the backside

tough situation

pain in the rear

reversal of fortune

trials and tribulations

pain in the neck

stroke of ill luck

disconsolateness

downheartedness

apprehensiveness

heavy-heartedness

dissatisfaction

broken-heartedness

heaviness of heart

mental suffering

emotional suffering

disillusionment

demoralization^US

demoralisation^UK

Sturm und Drang

uphill struggle

tough assignment

unconsolability

extreme unhappiness

pins and needles

slough of despond

heavyheartedness

discontentedness

mid-life crisis

low-spiritedness

baptism of fire

painful experience

unpleasant experience

butterflies in the stomach

thorn in the flesh

thorn in your side

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Noun

A strong desire

fire in the belly

object of desire

acquisitiveness

strong interest

chocolate addiction

self-indulgence

sexual appetite

biological urge

why and wherefore

object of the exercise

name of the game

ulterior motive

where one's heading

castles in the air

where one is heading

the why and wherefore

strength of character

single-mindedness

strength of mind

indispensable thing

vested interest

score to settle

special interest

piece of business

visualization^US

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

visualisation^UK

conceptualisation^UK

conceptualization^US

self-motivation

entrepreneurial spirit

a sense of purpose

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Noun

An unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury

painful feeling

painful sensation

pins and needles

aches and pains

sensitivity to pain

muscle contraction

muscular contraction

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