n
A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
adv
(archaic) Out of harmony.
n
Suffering, woe, torment.
v
(archaic) To pity greatly.
v
(archaic, transitive) To wonder about; wonder over; wonder at; regard wonderingly; admire.
n
A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant.
n
The distress that results from some disaster.
n
(obsolete) Grief, sorrow. [13th–19th c.]
n
The process of contristing, or making sad.
v
(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
n
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
adj
(often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
n
An awkward situation or quarrel.
n
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
v
Obsolete form of dishearten. [(transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.]
n
A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
v
(transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
n
One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.
adj
(obsolete) Fearsome; redoubtable.
n
(obsolete, rare) A constant and insistent demanding, importunity.
adv
In an entangled manner.
n
The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.
adj
Having significant implications or repercussions.
n
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
adj
Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
n
A thing that frustrates.
adj
Of or relating to frustration.
adj
Of a region or area, having become unsafe.
adj
Forming a reasonable basis for a grievance or formal complaint.
n
(linguistics) A word, such as "er" or "um", expressing hesitation on the part of the speaker.
n
(obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
n
(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
adj
Of or relating to lamentation.
n
A hushed voice, as may be used to avoid disturbing readers in a library.
n
(uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
adv
So as to mangle something.
n
An undesirable situation, a predicament.
n
(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pain, suffering.
n
Obsolete spelling of pain [(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.]
adj
(rare) Eggcorn of painstaking.
n
(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
n
Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
n
Obsolete spelling of pain [(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.]
n
(law) Pain or punishment.
v
(transitive, intransitive, now rare, poetic) To lament, bewail.
n
A dire or unfortunate situation.
adj
Full of plight; plighted; pledged; devoted.
adj
Relating to or indicating plight; misfortunate; dire; precarious; needy
n
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between multiple options that seem equally undesirable
n
(figuratively) A difficulty or predicament.
n
A definite class, state or condition.
adj
Obsolete form of problematic. [Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide.]
n
An unexpected discovery of an undesirable fact, especially one shattering high hopes or signifying the end of a comfortable situation.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
n
A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.
n
A rueful expression used to indicate that a previously described incident (often a mishap) is typical of what tends to happen to the speaker.
n
(obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
adj
(poetic) Alternative form of suffering [Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.]
n
(archaic) Suffering; pain, misery.
n
(by extension) An activity in which all participants ache, agonize, ail, endure.
adj
Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
n
A thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune.
n
(Christianity) A time of hardship.
adj
Involving suffering and difficulty.
n
Everyday events that would be tiresome or redundant to recount.
n
A distressing or dangerous situation.
adv
Used (as a parenthetical word) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret or grief.
n
A vexed, unresolved, or intractable question.
adv
In a vulnerable manner.
v
simple past tense of go to pains
n
A worse situation; an aggravation or deterioration
adj
Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
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