| 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" |
| 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" |
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