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| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound, harrow |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, squirm, strain, strive, struggle, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, sing the blues, stew over, take it badly |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | hero/heroine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brave person; champion |
| Synonyms: | ace, adventurer, celebrity, combatant, conqueror, daredevil, diva, exemplar, gallant, god, heavy, ideal, idol, lead, lion, martyr, model, paladin, prima donna*, principal, protagonist, saint, star, tin god*, victor, worthy, demigod, goddess, great person, leading person, person of the hour, popular figure, superstar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | persecute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, torment |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggrieve, annoy, badger, bait, be on one's case, beat, bother, crucify, distress, dog*, dragoon, drive up the wall, exile, expel, harass, hector, hound*, hunt, ill-treat, injure, maltreat, martyr, molest, oppress, outrage, pester, pick on, plague, pursue, tease, torture, tyrannize, vex, victimize, worry |
| Antonyms: | comfort, commend, console, reward, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | target of attack |
| Synonyms: | casualty, dupe*, game, kill, loot, mark, martyr, mug*, pillage, quarry, quest, spoil, underdog, victim, chased, raven, sufferer |
| Antonyms: | attacker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | torture; strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agonize, crucify, distress, force, harass, martyr, oppress, pain, persecute, pull, shake, stress, stretch, tear, torment, try, wrench, wring, excruciate, harrow |
| Antonyms: | please, pleasure, soothe |
| Main Entry: | saint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holy person |
| Synonyms: | angel, martyr, glorified soul, good person, holy being, loved one, pietist |
| Main Entry: | torture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset or hurt severely |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, agonize, annoy, beat, bother, crucify, distress, disturb, grill, impale, injure, irritate, lacerate, maim, mangle, martyr, mistreat, mutilate, oppress, pain, persecute, rack, smite, torment, try, whip, wound, wring, wrong, excruciate, harrow, martyrize |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, please, relieve, make happy |
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gull, hireling, hunted, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover*, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck*, soft touch*, stooge*, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, gopher, gudgeon, immolation, injured party, pigeon*, sitting target, sufferer |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crucify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | execute; torture near to death |
| Synonyms: | hang, kill, martyr, persecute, rack, torment, torture, excruciate, harrow, martyrize, nail to cross |
| Antonyms: | exalt |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental pain |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burn, chafe, constrain, discomfit, discommode, displease, distress, faze, grieve, injure, lambaste, martyr, prejudice, punish, put down, put out, sadden, sting*, torment, torture, try, upset, vex, vitiate, wound, zing*, cut to the quick, excruciate, give no quarter, go for jugular, hit where one lives, lay a bad trip on, lean on, martyrize, thumb nose at, work over |
| Antonyms: | calm, placate, please, relieve, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who professes his or her faith in spite of persecution |
| Synonyms: | martyr, saint, true believer |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, afflict |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, crucify, distress, harass, inconvenience, irk, irritate, martyr, pain, plague, rack, strain, stress, tax, tire, torment, torture, trouble, upset, vex, weary, wring, excruciate |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
| Main Entry: | strike |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, affect |
| Synonyms: | afflict, assail, assault, attack, beset, hit, invade, martyr, rack, smite, storm, torment, torture, try, wring, aggress, deal a blow, excruciate, fall upon, harrow, set upon |
| Antonyms: | not touch, pass up |
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