Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Personal Affections Passive Affections Pain
Pain
Nouns
mental suffering, pain, dolor
suffering, sufferance
ache, smart etc. (physical pain) Physical Pain
passion. displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet
malaise
inquietude, uneasiness, vexation of spirit
taking
discontent etc. Discontent . dejection etc. Dejection
weariness etc. Weariness
anhedonia. annoyance, irritation, worry, infliction, visitation
plague, bore
bother, botheration
stew, vexation, mortification, chagrin
anxiety, solicitude, trouble, trial, ordeal, fiery ordeal, shock, blow, cark, dole, fret, burden, load. concern, grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, woe, bitterness, heartache
carking cares
heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart
heavy affliction, gnawing grief. unhappiness, infelicity, misery, tribulation, wretchedness, desolation
despair etc. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness
extremity, prostration, depth of misery. nightmare, ephialtes, incubus. pang, anguish, agony
torture, torment
purgatory etc. (hell) Hell . hell upon earth
iron age, reign of terror
slough of despond etc. (adversity) Adversity
peck of troubles
ills that flesh is heir to" etc. (evil) Evil [Hamlet]
miseries of human life
unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar] . sufferer, victim, prey, martyr, object of compassion, wretch, shorn lamb.
Verbs
feel pain, suffer pain, experience pain, undergo pain, bear pain, endure pain etc. n., smart, ache etc. (physical pain) Physical Pain
suffer, bleed, ail
be the victim of. labor under afflictions
bear the cross
quaff the bitter cup, have a bad time of it
fall on evil days etc. (adversity) Adversity
go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, sup full of horrors" [Macbeth] . sit on thorns, be on pins and needles, wince, fret, chafe, worry oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume
take on, take to heart
cark. grieve
mourn etc. (lament) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
yearn, repine, pine, droop, languish, sink
give way
despair etc. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness
break one's heart
weigh upon the heart etc. (inflict pain) [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain] Painfulness
Adjectives
in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain etc. n.
suffering etc. v.
pained, afflicted, worried, displeased etc. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain] Painfulness
aching, griped, sore etc. (physical pain) Physical Pain
on the rack, in limbo
between hawk and buzzard. uncomfortable, uneasy
ill at ease
in a taking, in a way
disturbed
discontented etc. Discontent
out of humor etc. Existence -irascibility">Irascibility.1
weary etc. Weariness . heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used. unfortunate etc. (hapless) Adversity
to be pitied, doomed, devoted, accursed, undone, lost, stranded
fey. unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone
cheerless etc. (dejected) Dejection
careworn. concerned, sorry
sorrowing, sorrowful
cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken
in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief etc. n.
in tears etc. (lamenting) [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
steeped to the lips in misery
heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded
broken-hearted
in despair etc. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness
Phrases
the iron entered into our soul
one's heart bleeding
down, thou climbing sorrow" [Lear]
mirth cannot move a soul in agony" [Love's Labor's Lost]
the Niobe of Nations" [Byron] .