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1) something causing suffering (affliction)

2) great mental suffering (anguish)

3) (of) a person suffering from anorexia (anorectic)

4) a person suffering from faulty vision caused by the lens of the eye having the wrong shape (astigmatic)

5) a sudden event causing great suffering and destruction e.g. a flood (catastrophe)

6) to say that one is not satisfied, that something is wrong, that one is suffering (complain)

7) (of a person) taking pleasure in causing pain to, watching the suffering of, others (cruel)

8) (an act of) readiness to cause pain or suffering to others (cruelty)

9) the possibility of suffering injury or loss of life (danger)

10) suffering from delirium (delirious)

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ache

dull continuous pain

sore feeling; dull pain

adversity

(an instance of) bad luck, trouble

bad luck, situation

affliction

something causing suffering

hurt condition; something that causes hurt

anguish

great mental suffering

severe upset or pain

anxiety

fear and uncertainty about the future

worry, tension

crucifixion

(an instance of) the act of putting a person to death, being put to death, on a cross

death by being nailed to a cross

damage

harm or break that causes loss of value

injury, loss

damnation

the state of being damned

everlasting punishment

distress

(a cause of) great pain, discomfort or sorrow

pain, agony

endurance

the ability to endure

bearing hardship; staying power

hardship

(an instance of) serious suffering; difficult conditions

personal burden

hell

(in some religions) a place of punishment after death; a place, condition, of great suffering or misery

place of the condemned; bad situation

hurt

a harm; an injury

physically or mentally injured

injury

harm; damage; a hurt or damage to the body, caused by an accident

hurt, harm

miserable

very unhappy, sad; poor in quality

unhappy, depressed

misery

the state of being very unhappy; great suffering (of mind or body); great misfortune

pain, mental or physical

passion

strong, enthusiastic feeling especially of love, hate or anger

strong emotion

penance

punishment which one imposes on oneself to show one is sorry

reparation for wrong

pitiable

pitiful

pitiful

pitiful

feeling, showing, pity

in bad shape; poor

poor

(having only a little or no money and) not able to get the basic necessities of life

lacking sufficient money

purgatory

(especially in Roman Catholic doctrine) a condition or place after death in which the soul has to be purified by suffering; any place of suffering

hell

rigour

strict enforcement (of rules etc); harsh; severe conditions

strictness, exactness

shrift

to get/give little attention to a person because he or she does not deserve it

reparation for wrong

sick

likely to throw up food from the stomach; ill; not well

not healthy, not feeling well

sorrow

(a cause of) sadness or regret

extreme upset, grief

torment

(something that causes) severe bodily or mental pain or suffering

severe mental distress

torture

the causing of mental or physical suffering, especially to get information; (a) pain caused or suffered

severe mental or physical pain

trauma

a diseased condition of the body produced by a wound or injury; a severe emotional shock

severe mental or physical pain

tribulation

(a cause of) trouble, grief

pain, unhappiness

trouble

(an example of) worry; unhappiness; difficulty; a nuisance; (an) illness

annoyance, worry

unwell

not well; ill

sick

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