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afflictive

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Main Entry: afflictive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: painful

Synonyms:

aching, achy, agonizing, distressing, excruciating, hurtful, sore, stinging, troublesome
Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very important

Synonyms:

afflictive, critical, crucial, dangerous, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, grave, serious, severe, sudden, urgent, vital
Notes: acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration
acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees
chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments

Antonyms:

not serious, unimportant
Main Entry: bitter
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: painful, distressing

Synonyms:

afflictive, annoying, bad, brutal, calamitous, cruel, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, disturbing, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, inclement, intemperate, intense, merciless, offensive, poignant, provoking, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, savage, severe, sharp, stinging, unpalatable, unpleasant, vexatious, woeful

Antonyms:

good, helping, wonderful
Main Entry: calamitous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disastrous; tragic

Synonyms:

adverse, afflictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate, woeful

Antonyms:

blessed, comforting, favorable, fortunate, happy, joyous, wonderful
Main Entry: deplorable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfortunate, shameful

Synonyms:

afflictive, awful, blameworthy, bummer, calamitous, dire, dirty, disastrous, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, distressing, dolorous, downer, dreadful, execrable, faulty, godawful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, horrifying, intolerable, lamentable, lousy, melancholy, miserable, mournful, opprobrious, overwhelming, pitiable, poor, regrettable, reprehensible, rotten, sad, scandalous, sickening, stinking, terrible, tragic, unbearable, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched

Antonyms:

cheerful, delightful, excellent, good, happy, shameless
Main Entry: dire
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: terrible, ominous

Synonyms:

afflictive, alarming, appalling, awful, black, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cruel, deplorable, depressing, disastrous, dismal, distressing, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, gloomy, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, horrible, horrid, lamentable, oppressing, portentous, redoubtable, regrettable, ruinous, scowling, shocking, terrific, ugly, unfortunate, woeful

Antonyms:

fortunate, good, lucky, nice
Main Entry: dismal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bleak, dreary, gloomy

Synonyms:

afflictive, black, boring, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, dim, dingy, disagreeable, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting, doleful, dolorous, dull, forlorn, frowning, funereal, ghastly, gruesome, hopeless, horrible, horrid, in the pits, inauspicious, joyless, lonesome, lowering, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, monotonous, morbid, murky, oppressive, overcast, sad, shadowy, somber, sorrowful, tedious, tenebrous, troublesome, unfortunate, unhappy

Antonyms:

bright, cheerful, glad, happy, hopeful, light, pleasant
Main Entry: distasteful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: repulsive, unpleasant

Synonyms:

abhorrent, abominable, afflictive, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, grody, gross*, hateful, icky, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, savorless, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unsavory, yicky, yucky

Antonyms:

agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing
Main Entry: dolorous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: miserable, anguished

Synonyms:

afflicted, afflictive, calamitous, deplorable, dire, distressing, doleful, dolent, dolesome, dolorific, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, plaintive, regrettable, rueful, ruthful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Antonyms:

cheery, happy, hopeful
Main Entry: galling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very upsetting

Synonyms:

acid, afflictive, aggravating, annoying, bitter, bothersome, distasteful, exasperating, grievous, harassing, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, painful, plaguing, provoking, rankling, unpalatable, vexatious, vexing

Antonyms:

cheering, comforting, pleasing, satisfying, soothing, wonderful
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