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agony
An instance of such suffering:
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  1. An instance of such suffering:
  2. A violent, intense struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death.
  3. The suffering of intense physical or mental pain:
suffering
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
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  1. The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
  2. Something suffered; pain, distress, or injury
  3. The bearing or undergoing of pain, distress, or injury
misery
A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
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  1. A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
  2. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
  3. A cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc.
abuse
To inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm upon
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  1. To inflict physical, sexual, or psychological harm upon
  2. To force sexual activity on; rape or molest.
  3. To use improperly or excessively; misuse:
mistreat
To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
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  1. To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
  2. To treat roughly or wrongly.
torture
To subject (a person or animal) to torture.
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  1. To subject (a person or animal) to torture.
  2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
  3. To cause extreme physical or mental pain to; agonize
irritate
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
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  1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  3. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
affliction
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
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  1. Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
  2. An afflicted condition; pain; suffering
agony
A sudden, strong outburst (of emotion)
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  1. A sudden, strong outburst (of emotion)
  2. A sudden or intense emotion:
  3. The suffering of intense physical or mental pain:
anguish
Great suffering, as from worry, grief, or pain; agony
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  1. Great suffering, as from worry, grief, or pain; agony
  2. Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
distress
The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain. The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain.
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  1. The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain. The act of distraining another’s property. See also distrain.
  2. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance:
  3. Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury:
hurt
Mental suffering; anguish:
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  1. Mental suffering; anguish:
  2. The act or an instance of hurting; pain, injury, or wound
  3. Something that hurts; a pain, injury, or wound.
misery
A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
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  1. A condition of great wretchedness or suffering because of pain, sorrow, poverty, etc.; distress
  2. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
  3. A cause of such suffering; pain, sorrow, poverty, squalor, etc.
pain
An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
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  1. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body:
  2. (Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
  3. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
torture
Any method by which such pain is inflicted
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  1. Any method by which such pain is inflicted
  2. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  3. A cause of such pain or agony
woe
A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune:
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  1. A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune:
  2. Sorrow or grief; misery.
  3. A cause of sorrow; affliction; trouble
wound
An injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
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  1. An injury to a plant caused by cutting, scraping, or other external force
  2. An injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc.
  3. Any hurt or injury to the feelings, honor, etc.
hell
(--- Informal) One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance:
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  1. (--- Informal) One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance:
  2. An extremely difficult experience; torment or anguish:
  3. The spirits in hell or the powers of evil:
persecution
The condition of being persecuted.
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  1. The condition of being persecuted.
  2. A persecuting or being persecuted
  3. The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor.
torture
Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
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  1. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  2. (Rare) A violent twisting, distortion, perversion, etc.
  3. The inflicting of severe pain, often, specif., in order to obtain information or a confession, get revenge, etc.
aggravation
The act of aggravating, or making worse, or the condition of being aggravated
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  1. The act of aggravating, or making worse, or the condition of being aggravated
  2. Exasperation; annoyance
  3. A source of continuing, increasing irritation or trouble.
annoyance
A thing or person that annoys
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  1. A thing or person that annoys
  2. An annoying or being annoyed
  3. A cause of irritation or vexation; a nuisance.
besetment
The state of being beset.
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  1. The state of being beset.
bother
A cause or state of disturbance.
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  1. A cause or state of disturbance.
  2. Fuss, ado.
  3. A cause or condition of worry or irritation; trouble; fuss
irritant
Something that causes irritation
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  1. Something that causes irritation
  2. A source of irritation:
  3. Any medication designed to cause irritation
irritation
The act of irritating:
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  1. The act of irritating:
  2. The fact or condition of being irritated
  3. The condition of being irritated; vexation:
nuisance
One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother:
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  1. One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother:
  2. An act, condition, thing, or person causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience
  3. (Law) A use of property or course of conduct that interferes with the legal rights of others by causing damage, annoyance, or inconvenience.
peeve
A resentful mood:
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  1. A resentful mood:
  2. An object of dislike; annoyance
  3. An annoyance or grievance.
plague
A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
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  1. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
  2. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  3. (Informal) A nuisance; annoyance
vexation
A source of irritation or annoyance:
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  1. A source of irritation or annoyance:
  2. The condition of being vexed; annoyance:
  3. Something that vexes; cause of annoyance or distress
crucify
To criticize harshly; pillory:
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  1. To criticize harshly; pillory:
  2. To treat cruelly; torment:
  3. To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
rack
To draw off (cider, wine, etc.) from the dregs
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  1. To draw off (cider, wine, etc.) from the dregs
  2. To arrange in or on a rack
  3. To torture on a rack
torture
To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
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  1. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
  2. To subject (a person or animal) to torture.
  3. To overwork, misinterpret, or distort:
afflict
(Obs.) To overthrow
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  1. (Obs.) To overthrow
  2. To cause grievous physical or mental suffering to.
  3. To cause pain or suffering to; distress very much
agonize
To suffer extreme pain:
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  1. To suffer extreme pain:
  2. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something:
  3. To be in agony or great pain; feel anguish
anguish
To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
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  1. To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
curse
To utter a curse or curses; swear; blaspheme
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  1. To utter a curse or curses; swear; blaspheme
  2. To call evil or injury down on; damn
  3. To swear at; use profane, blasphemous, or obscene language against
excruciate
To inflict great mental distress on.
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  1. To inflict great mental distress on.
  2. To subject to mental anguish; torment
  3. To cause intense bodily pain to; torture
plague
To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
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  1. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  2. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  3. To afflict with a plague
rack
To cause great physical or mental suffering to:
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  1. To cause great physical or mental suffering to:
  2. To arrange in or on a rack
  3. To torture on a rack
scourge
To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
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  1. To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
  2. To whip or flog
  3. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
smite
To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a handheld weapon.
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  1. To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a handheld weapon.
  2. To inspire strong and sudden love or devotion
  3. To strike or attack with powerful or disastrous effect
strike
To cause to become suddenly in a certain way:
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  1. To cause to become suddenly in a certain way:
  2. To dismantle and pack up for departure:
  3. To engage in a strike against an employer.
torture
To subject to torture
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  1. To subject to torture
  2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
  3. To subject (a person or animal) to torture.
haunt
To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
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  1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
  2. To visit (a place) often or continually; frequent
  3. To appear or recur repeatedly to, often to the point of obsession
obsess
To be obsessed or preoccupied
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  1. To be obsessed or preoccupied
  2. To haunt or trouble in mind, esp. to an abnormal degree; preoccupy greatly
trouble
To cause to be anxious or worried:
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  1. To cause to be anxious or worried:
  2. To cause pain or discomfort to; afflict
  3. To cause to have emotional or mental problems that interfere with social functioning:
annoy
To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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  1. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  2. To be annoying
  3. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
bait
(Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
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  1. (Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
  2. To set attacking dogs against
  3. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:
bedevil
To plague diabolically; torment; harass
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  1. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
  2. To spoil; ruin.
  3. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
beleaguer
To vex, harass, or beset.
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  1. To vex, harass, or beset.
  2. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
  3. To harass; beset:
beset
To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
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  1. To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
  2. To cover or set thickly with; stud
  3. To trouble persistently; harass.
harass
To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
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  1. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
  2. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
  3. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
harry
To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
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  1. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
  2. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
  3. To torment or worry; harass
pester
To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
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  1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  2. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
  3. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
plague
To afflict with a plague
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  1. To afflict with a plague
  2. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment
tease
To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
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  1. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
  2. To urge persistently; coax:
  3. To say in a playful or mocking way:
worry
To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
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  1. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
  2. To annoy, bother, harass, vex, etc.
  3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
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  • I must be sure before I strike and not leave the psychic one behind to torment me.

  • remained the place of eternal torment for the Gentiles.

  • Her cheeks were streaked with tears, her green eyes showing her torment and her magic like a halo around her.

  • The abodes of bliss and the places of torment may be distinguished, or one last dwelling-place may be affirmed for all the dead.

  • He lay staring at the ceiling for a time, attempting to push away the torment; it had gripped him so completely that resistance was futile.

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