| anguish | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. anguish, torment, torture | extreme mental distress. |
| ~ distress, hurt, suffering | psychological suffering.; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" |
| n. (state) | 2. anguish | extreme distress of body or mind. |
| ~ distress | a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need).; "a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. anguish | suffer great pains or distress. |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. anguish, hurt, pain | cause emotional anguish or make miserable.; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ break someone's heart | cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody.; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend" |
| ~ agonise, agonize | cause to agonize. |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| ~ try | give pain or trouble to.; "I've been sorely tried by these students" |
| ~ excruciate, torment, torture, rack | torment emotionally or mentally. |
| funk | | |
| n. (state) | 1. blue funk, funk | a state of nervous depression.; "he was in a funk" |
| ~ depression | a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. |
| n. (person) | 2. casimir funk, funk | United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967). |
| ~ biochemist | someone with special training in biochemistry. |
| n. (communication) | 3. funk | an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar. |
| ~ jazz | a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles. |
| v. (motion) | 4. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. |
| grief | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. brokenheartedness, grief, heartache, heartbreak | intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death). |
| ~ sorrow | an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement.; "he tried to express his sorrow at her loss" |
| ~ dolor, dolour | (poetry) painful grief. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. grief, sorrow | something that causes great unhappiness.; "her death was a great grief to John" |
| ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
| lament | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. lament, lamentation, plaint, wail | a cry of sorrow and grief.; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" |
| ~ complaint | (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow. |
| n. (communication) | 2. coronach, dirge, lament, requiem, threnody | a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person. |
| ~ keen | a funeral lament sung with loud wailing. |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| n. (communication) | 3. elegy, lament | a mournful poem; a lament for the dead. |
| ~ poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. keen, lament | express grief verbally.; "we lamented the death of the child" |
| ~ grieve, sorrow | feel grief. |
| ~ express emotion, express feelings | give verbal or other expression to one's feelings. |
| v. (communication) | 5. bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament | regret strongly.; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |
| ~ complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, kick | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| exit | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. exit, issue, outlet, way out | an opening that permits escape or release.; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ outfall | the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water. |
| n. (event) | 2. departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release | euphemistic expressions for death.; "thousands mourned his passing" |
| ~ euphemism | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh. |
| ~ death, decease, expiry | the event of dying or departure from life.; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" |
| n. (act) | 3. exit | the act of going out. |
| ~ departure, going, going away, leaving | the act of departing. |
| v. (motion) | 4. exit, get out, go out, leave | move out of or depart from.; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ depart, go away, go | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| ~ pop out | exit briefly.; "He popped out for a quick coffee break" |
| ~ file out | march out, in a file. |
| ~ hop out, get off | get out of quickly.; "The officer hopped out when he spotted an illegally parked car" |
| ~ fall out | leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation.; "the soldiers fell out" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ get off | leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.. |
| ~ step out | go outside a room or building for a short period of time. |
| ~ eject | leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule. |
| ~ undock | move out of a dock.; "We docked at noon" |
| ~ log off, log out | exit a computer.; "Please log off before you go home" |
| v. (competition) | 5. exit | lose the lead. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| v. (change) | 6. buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ abort | cease development, die, and be aborted.; "an aborting fetus" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.; "The child suffocated under the pillow" |
| ~ buy it, pip out | be killed or die. |
| ~ drown | die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating.; "The child drowned in the lake" |
| ~ predecease | die before; die earlier than.; "She predeceased her husband" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ starve, famish | die of food deprivation.; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ fall | die, as in battle or in a hunt.; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" |
| ~ succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| outlet | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet | a place of business for retailing goods. |
| ~ country store, general store, trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise. |
| ~ department store, emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain. |
| ~ discount house, discount store, discounter, wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price. |
| ~ market place, mart, marketplace, market | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| ~ business establishment, place of business | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered. |
| ~ shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall, mall, plaza, center | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace.; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" |
| ~ shop, store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" |
| ~ strip mall | a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, outlet, wall plug, wall socket | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices. |
| ~ power point, point | a wall socket. |
| ~ receptacle | an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert. |
| n. (act) | 3. outlet, release, vent | activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| vent | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. blowhole, vent, vent-hole, venthole | a hole for the escape of gas or air. |
| ~ air duct, air passage, airway | a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines). |
| ~ hole | an opening deliberately made in or through something. |
| ~ smoke hole | a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape. |
| n. (animal) | 2. vent | external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate. |
| ~ orifice, porta, opening | an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity.; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" |
| n. (object) | 3. vent, volcano | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ eructation, extravasation, eruption | (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed). |
| ~ active | (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt.; "active volcanos" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. vent | a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket). |
| ~ slit | a long narrow opening. |
| v. (communication) | 5. give vent, vent, ventilate | give expression or utterance to.; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers" |
| ~ evince, express, show | give expression to.; "She showed her disappointment" |
| v. (change) | 6. air, air out, vent, ventilate | expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen.; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" |
| ~ freshen, refresh | make (to feel) fresh.; "The cool water refreshed us" |
| grieve | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. grieve, sorrow | feel grief. |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| ~ mourn | feel sadness.; "She is mourning her dead child" |
| ~ compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with | share the suffering of. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. aggrieve, grieve | cause to feel sorrow.; "his behavior grieves his mother" |
| ~ grieve, sorrow | feel grief. |
| ~ afflict | cause great unhappiness for; distress.; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" |
| worry | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. concern, headache, vexation, worry | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
| ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
| ~ bugaboo | a source of concern.; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them" |
| ~ burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
| ~ business | a rightful concern or responsibility.; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. trouble, worry | a strong feeling of anxiety.; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles" |
| ~ anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| ~ vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ fret | be agitated or irritated.; "don't fret over these small details" |
| ~ fear | be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event.; "I fear she might get aggressive" |
| ~ fret, fuss, niggle | worry unnecessarily or excessively.; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" |
| ~ obsess | be preoccupied with something.; "She is obsessing over her weight" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. care, worry | be concerned with.; "I worry about my grades" |
| ~ brood, dwell | think moodily or anxiously about something. |
| ~ mind | be concerned with or about something or somebody. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ misgive | suggest fear or doubt.; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably" |
| ~ cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
| ~ eat on, eat | worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.; "What's eating you?" |
| ~ nag | worry persistently.; "nagging concerns and doubts" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| ~ worry | be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy.; "I worry about my job" |
| v. (stative) | 6. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| v. (contact) | 7. worry | lacerate by biting.; "the dog worried his bone" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
| v. (contact) | 8. worry | touch or rub constantly.; "The old man worried his beads" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| gula | | |
| n. (person) | 1. gula | the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta. |
| ~ babylon | the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia. |
| ~ semitic deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites. |
| n. (act) | 2. gluttony, gula, overeating | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins). |
| ~ deadly sin, mortal sin | an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.; "theologians list seven mortal sins" |
| emanate | | |
| v. (change) | 1. emanate | proceed or issue forth, as from a source.; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground" |
| ~ flow out, effuse | flow or spill forth. |
| ~ come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| v. (body) | 2. emanate, exhale, give forth | give out (breath or an odor).; "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
| go out | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. go out | leave the house to go somewhere.; "We never went out when our children were small" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ date | go on a date with.; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" |
| v. (motion) | 2. go out | take the field.; "The soldiers went out on missions" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| v. (change) | 3. go out | become extinguished.; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (stative) | 4. go out | go out of fashion; become unfashionable. |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (social) | 5. date, go out, go steady, see | date regularly; have a steady relationship with.; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" |
| ~ date | go on a date with.; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" |
| ~ affiliate, assort, consort, associate | keep company with; hang out with.; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" |
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