ETYM French affliction, Latin afflictio, from affligere.
1. A cause of great suffering and distress.
2. A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health.
3. A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity.
(Homonym: bail).
A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
ETYM French complainte. Related to Complain.
1. An expression of grievance or resentment.
2. (Formerly) A loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow.
3. (Civil law) The first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based.
ETYM Old Eng. destresse, distresse, Old Fren. destresse, destrece, French détresse, Old Fren. destrecier to distress, (assumed) Late Lat. districtiare, from Latin districtus, p. p. of distringere. Related to Distrain, Stress.
(Irregular plural: distresses).
1. A strong feeling of anxiety; SYN. worry, trouble.
2. Psychological suffering; SYN. hurt, suffering.
3. The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; SYN. distraint.
1. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
2. (Great Britain) Money received from the state; SYN. pogy, pogey.
Sadness caused by grief or affliction.
ETYM Old Eng. dolor, dolur, dolour, French douleur, Latin dolor, from dolere. Related to Dole.
Painful grief; a poetic term; SYN. dolour.
1. Sorrow; wretchedness.
2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.
ETYM Old Eng. grief, gref, Old Fren. grief, gref, French grief, Latin gravis heavy; akin to Greek barys, Skr. guru, Goth. kaúrus. Related to Barometer, Grave, Grieve, Gooroo.
1. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death); SYN. heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness.
2. Something that causes great unhappiness; SYN. sorrow.
Loneliness, lack of companionship; sadness
ETYM Old Eng. melancolie, French mélancolie, Latin melancholia, from Greek; melas, -anos, black + chole gall, bile. Related to Malice, and Gall.
1. A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed.
2. A feeling of thoughtful sadness.
ETYM AS. murnung.
(Homonym: morning).
State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one; SYN. bereavement.
1. Sorrow aroused by circumstances beyond one's control or power to repair
2. An expression of distressing emotion (as sorrow or disappointment) plural; a note politely declining an invitation
1. Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being; SYN. unhappiness.
2. The state of being sad; SYN. sorrow, sorrowfulness.
ETYM Old Eng. sor, sar, AS. sâr. Related to Sore.
(Homonym: soar).
An open skin infection.
1. The quality or state of being sore; tenderness.
2. Anger; irritation.
ETYM Old Eng. sorwe, sorewe, sorge, as. sorg, sorh; akin to Dutch zorg care, anxiety, os. sorga, Old High Germ. sorga, soraga, suorga, German sorge, Icel., Swed., and Dan. sorg, Goth. saúrga; of unknown origin.
1. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement.
2. Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; SYN. regret, ruefulness.
ETYM Old Eng. wo, wa, woo, AS. wâ, interj.; akin to Dutch wee, OS. and Old High Germ. wę, German weh, Icel. vei, Dan. vee, Swed. ve, Goth. wai; cf. Latin vae, Greek. Related to Wail.
Intense mournfulness; SYN. woefulness.
1. A violent twisting or a pull with or as if with twisting
2. A sharp twist or sudden jerk straining muscles or ligaments; also; the resultant injury (as of a joint)
3. A distorting or perverting alteration
4. Acute emotional distress; sudden violent mental change
5. A hand or power tool for holding, twisting, or turning an object (as a bolt or nut)
6. Monkey wrench