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(n)
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
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Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
Extreme pain.
(figuratively) A painful or trying experience.
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
The quality of having a bitter taste.
Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
A strong feeling of anxiety.
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
A distressing or dangerous situation.
A dire or unfortunate situation.
Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
A lack of hope; despair.
The act of chastising; rebuke; punishment.
The state of being helpless.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of dolour. [(chiefly uncountable, literary) Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.]
(adj)
Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
Causing physical or mental agony.
Causing agony; very painful
A process or action of agonizing.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
A workout or race in the arena of endurance sports that involves prolonged suffering on the part of all who participate.
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
(uncountable) Extreme anger.
Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.
A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
Excessive aggravation.
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
A hand or foot.
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
Extreme anger.
Intense pleasure.
(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
Tending to aggravate.
(obsolete) Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
Archaic spelling of extreme. [The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.]
Causing annoyance or pain; irritating.
ecstasy
(idiomatic) Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.
(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
Obsolete spelling of extreme. [Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.]
(archaic) exacerbation (particularly of a fever or disease)
A heavy load.
A thickening or swelling.
A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy or bliss.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sharp, end.
(rare) One who exasperates.
The process of making something extreme.
Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
(obsolete) strain (tension of overexertion)
(figurative) A strong feeling of sadness or misery
Severity or strictness.
(archaic) The state of being excandescent, of glowing with heat.
The act of worrying; anxiety.
(informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results
Excessive severity.
(US) mental aggravation; annoyance
Alternative spelling of gruelling. [Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.]