| Main Entry: | throe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain |
Synonyms: |
ache, agony, anguish, disorder, pang, spasm, struggle, turmoil |
| Main Entry: | ache |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sore feeling; dull pain |
Synonyms: |
anguish, hurt, misery, pang, pounding, smarting, soreness, spasm, suffering, throb, throbbing, throe, twinge |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain |
Antonyms: |
comfort, ease, health, relief |
| Main Entry: | agony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering, pain |
Synonyms: |
affliction, anguish, distress, dolor, misery, pangs, passion, throes, torment, torture, woe |
Antonyms: |
comfort, happiness, health, peace, success |
| Main Entry: | anguish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe upset or pain |
Synonyms: |
affliction, agony, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hurting, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
comfort, contentment, happiness, joy, joyfulness, solace |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden dysfunction or disorder |
Synonyms: |
access, ailment, bout, breakdown, convulsion, disease, failure, fit, illness, paroxysm, relapse, seizure, spasm, spell, stroke, throe |
Antonyms: |
health |
| Main Entry: | convulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscle spasm |
Synonyms: |
algospasm, attack, contortion, contraction, cramp, epilepsy, fit, paroxysm, seizure, throe, tremor |
| 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, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness |
Antonyms: |
comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hardship, adversity |
Synonyms: |
bad luck, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, crunch, destitution, difficulty, disaster, downer, drag*, exigency, hard knocks, hard time, holy mess, hot water, indigence, jam*, misfortune, need, pickle, pinch*, poverty, privation, rigor, rotten luck, scrape*, straits, throe, ticklish spot, tough break, tough luck, trial, trouble, unholy mess, vicissitude, want |
Antonyms: |
advantage, benefit, miracle |
| Main Entry: | fit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure; sudden emotion |
Synonyms: |
access, attack, blow, bout, burst, caprice, conniption, convulsion, epileptic attack, frenzy, humor, jumps, mood, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rush, spasm, spate, spell, stroke, tantrum, throe, torrent, turn, twitch, whim, whimsy |
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childbirth process |
Synonyms: |
birth, birth pangs, childbearing, contractions, delivery, giving birth, pains, parturition, throes, travail |