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Main Entry: ail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hurt
Synonyms: afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset
Notes: ale is a fermented alcoholic beverage containing malt and hops, similar to but heavier than beer; to ail is to feel ill or have pain
Main Entry: distress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: worry, upset
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to*, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound
Antonyms: assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: pain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, trouble
Synonyms: ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound, cut to the quick, excruciate, harrow, hit where one lives
Antonyms: aid, assist, assuage, help, please
Main Entry: worry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be or make anxious, troubled
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, annoy, attack, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, bite one's nails, bother, brood, bug*, chafe, concern oneself, depress, despair, disquiet, distress, disturb, dun, feel uneasy, fret, gnaw at, go for*, goad, harass, harry, hassle, have qualms, hector, importune, irritate, needle, oppress, persecute, perturb, pester, plague, stew*, sweat out*, take on, tantalize, tear, tease, test, torment, torture, trouble, try, unsettle, upset, vex, wince, writhe, wrong
Antonyms: reassure
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: depress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deject, make despondent; exhaust
Synonyms: abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, bother, bug*, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, run down*, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, torment, trouble, try, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down*, beat down*, bum out, cast down, dispirit, keep under, reduce to tears, throw cold water on, turn one off
Antonyms: cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, stimulate, make happy
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: disturb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, upset
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, ail, alarm, amaze, annoy, arouse, astound, badger, complicate, confound, confuse, depress, discompose, dishearten, disrupt, distract, distress, excite, fluster, frighten, gall, grieve, harass, interfere, interrupt, intrude, irk, irritate, molest, muddle, outrage, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pique, plague, provoke, puzzle, rattle, rouse, ruffle, shake, shake up*, startle, tire, trouble, unhinge*, unnerve, unsettle, vex, worry, burn up*, make uneasy
Antonyms: appease, calm, comfort, pacify, quiet, reassure, soothe
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: hurt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause physical pain; experience pain
Synonyms: abuse, ache, afflict, ail, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, 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, wring, be sore, be tender, do violence, wrack up
Antonyms: aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe
Main Entry: suffer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be in pain
Synonyms: ache, agonize, ail, brave, deteriorate, droop, endure, experience, fall off, flag, get, go through, grieve, hurt, languish, pain, sicken, smart, undergo, writhe, be affected, be at disadvantage, be convulsed, be handicapped, be impaired, be racked, be wounded, complain of, feel wretched, have a bad time
Antonyms: aid, alleviate, assist, comfort, help, relieve
Main Entry: trouble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, worry
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug*, burden, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, flip out*, fret, grieve, harass, harry, inconvenience, irk, irritate, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, put out*, sadden, spook*, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex, burn up*, drive up the wall, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, impose on, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, psych, stir up
Antonyms: be content, be happy
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: upset
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, trouble
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, ail, bewilder, bug*, confound, cramp, craze, debilitate, derange, discompose, disconcert, dismay, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, egg on*, flip*, flip out*, floor*, flurry, fluster, grieve, incapacitate, lay up, perturb, pick on*, pother, rattle, rock the boat*, ruffle, sicken, spook, turn, turn on, unhinge*, unnerve, unsettle, adjy, discombobulate, fire up, get to*, give a hard time, indispose, key up, make a scene, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance
Antonyms: delight, please, make happy
* = informal/non-formal usage
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