| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical |
Synonyms: |
be sore, hurt, pain, pound, smart, suffer, throb, twinge |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain |
| Main Entry: | aching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful |
Synonyms: |
achy, hurtful, hurting, nagging, raw, smarting, sore, stinging, tender, throbbing |
| Main Entry: | bleed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grieve |
Synonyms: |
ache, agonize, be in pain, feel for, pity, suffer, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | commiserate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen to woes of another |
Synonyms: |
ache, compassionate, condole, console, feel, feel for, have mercy, pity, share sorrow, sympathize |
Antonyms: |
be indifferent, turn away |
| Main Entry: | grieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mourn, feel deep distress |
Synonyms: |
ache, bear, bemoan, bewail, carry on, complain, cry, cry a river, deplore, eat one's heart out, endure, hang crepe, keen, lament, regret, rue, sing the blues, sorrow, suffer, take it hard, wail, weep |
Antonyms: |
be glad, be happy |
| Main Entry: | gripe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint |
Synonyms: |
ache, aching, affliction, disorder, distress, grievance, groan, grouse, grumble, illness, indisposition, infirmity, moan, objection, pain, pang |
Antonyms: |
compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | gripe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pain, annoy |
Synonyms: |
ache, bother, compress, cramp, disturb, hurt, irritate, pinch, press, squeeze, vex |
Antonyms: |
please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | hanker after/hanker for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | desire strongly |
Synonyms: |
ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally injured |
Synonyms: |
aching, aggrieved, agonized, all torn up, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, burned, busted up, contused, crushed, cut, damaged, disfigured, distressed, disturbed, grazed, harmed, hit, impaired, in pain, indignant, lacerated, marred, mauled, miffed, mutilated, nicked, offended, pained, piqued, put away, resentful, rueful, sad, scarred, scraped, scratched, shook, shot, sore, stricken, struck, suffering, tender, tortured, umbrageous, unhappy, warped, wounded |
Antonyms: |
comforted, cured, healed, healthy, ok, pleased, remedied, well |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause physical pain; experience pain |
Synonyms: |
abuse, ache, afflict, ail, be sore, be tender, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, do violence, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wrack up, wring |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe |