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| Main Entry: | pang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ache, twinge |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, bite, discomfort, distress, gripe, misery, pain, prick, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, throb, throe, wrench |
| Antonyms: | tingle |
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sore feeling; dull pain |
| Synonyms: | anguish, hurt, misery, pang, spasm, suffering, throb, throe, twinge, pounding, smarting, soreness, throbbing |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain |
| Antonyms: | comfort, ease, health, relief |
| Main Entry: | anguish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe upset or pain |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness, hurting |
| Antonyms: | comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, solace, joyfulness |
| Main Entry: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
| Synonyms: | ache, confinement, contraction, convulsion, crick, hindrance, impediment, kink, obstruction, pain, pang, restriction, stiffness, stitch, stricture, twinge, charley horse, circumscription, constipation, shooting pain |
| Main Entry: | heartache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anguish, sorrow |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, bitterness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, distress, dolor, grief, heartbreak, heavy heart, misery, pang, remorse, sadness, suffering, torment, torture, broken heart, hurting |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury; damage |
| Synonyms: | ache, blow, bruise, chop, detriment, disadvantage, disaster, discomfort, disservice, distress, down, gash, harm, ill, loss, mark, mischief, misfortune, nick, ouch, outrage, pain, pang, persecution, prejudice, ruin, scratch, sore, suffering, wound, wrong, black and blue, boo-boo, ill-treatment, soreness |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cure, healing, help, remedy |
| Main Entry: | injury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, abuse, affliction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, chop, cramp, cut, damage, detriment, discomfiture, disservice, distress, evil, fracture, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, indignity, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, libel, loss, mischief, misery, nick, ouch*, outrage, pang, ruin, scar, scratch, shock, slander, sore, sprain, stab, sting, suffering, swelling, trauma, twinge, wound, wrong, boo-boo, deformation, impairment, mutilation |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, favor, good, health, help, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | qualm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nagging doubt |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anxiety, apprehension, compunction, conscience, demur, disquiet, foreboding, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, objection, pang, perturbation, presentiment, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remorse, scruple, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, uneasiness, misdoubt, unease |
| Antonyms: | approval, comfort, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | regret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset over past action |
| Synonyms: | affliction, anguish, annoyance, apology, bitterness, care, compunction, concern, conscience, contrition, demur, disappointment, discomfort, dissatisfaction, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, misgiving, nostalgia, pang, penitence, qualm, remorse, repentance, scruple, sorrow, uneasiness, woe, worry, apologies, lamentation, regretfulness, ruefulness, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-disgust, self-reproach |
| Antonyms: | happiness, satisfaction, contentedness |
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, irritation, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, remorse, reproach, scandal, smear, stigma, stupefaction, treachery, abashment, bad conscience, discomposure, disesteem, ill repute, loss of face, pudency, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, skeleton in the cupboard |
| Antonyms: | honor, pride, respect |
| Main Entry: | torture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe mental or physical pain |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, agony, anguish, crucifixion, distress, dolor, laceration, martyrdom, misery, pang, persecution, rack, suffering, third degree, torment, tribulation, twinge, cruciation, excruciation, impalement |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, relief, alleviation |
| Main Entry: | twinge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp pain |
| Synonyms: | ache, bite, gripe, misery, pang, pinch, prick, shiver, smart, spasm, stab, stitch, throb, throe, tic, tweak, twist, twitch, lancination |
| Main Entry: | wound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury |
| Synonyms: | anguish, bruise, cut, damage, distress, gash, grief, harm, heartbreak, hurt, insult, laceration, lesion, pain, pang, shock, slash, torment, torture, trauma |
| Main Entry: | desperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, anxiety, concern, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distraction, distress, fear, gloom, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torture, trouble, unhappiness, worry, disconsolateness |
| Antonyms: | confidence, contentment, security |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, perplexity, unconsolability, worriment |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gripe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, disorder, distress, grievance, groan, grouse, grumble, illness, indisposition, infirmity, moan, objection, pain, pang, aching |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | misery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, mental or physical |
| Synonyms: | ache, agony, anguish, bad news*, blues*, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, distress, dolor, gloom, grief, hardship, headache, heartache, melancholy, pang, passion, sadness, sorrow, squalor, stitch, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, unhappiness, woe, worry, wretchedness, anvil chorus, hurting, worriment |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, fun, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical suffering |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, agony, burn, catch, convulsion, cramp, crick, discomfort, distress, fever, gripe, hurt, illness, injury, irritation, laceration, malady, misery, pang, paroxysm, prick, sickness, spasm, sting, stitch, strain, tenderness, throb, throe, tingle, torment, torture, trouble, twinge, wound, smarting, soreness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, health, well-being, good health |
| Main Entry: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piercing cut |
| Synonyms: | ache, blow, gash, hurt, incision, jab, jag, pang, piercing, prick, puncture, rent, stick, thrust, twinge, wound, transfixion |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spasm of muscular tissue |
| Synonyms: | cramp, crick, knot, pain, pang, pinch, stab, stitch, tweak, twinge, charley horse, muscle spasm |
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