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Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To pain; to distress; to afflict.

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

Murrain :: Murrain (a.) Having, or afflicted with, murrain..

Dejected :: Dejected (a.) Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance..

Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

Sorely :: Sorely (adv.) In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted..

Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.

Oversorrow :: Oversorrow (v. t.) To grieve or afflict to excess.

Woful :: Woful (a.) Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity; afflicted; wretched; unhappy; sad.

Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..

Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship..

Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction..

Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..

Accident :: Accident (n.) Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident..

Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To harass or afflict severely.

Vexation :: Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.

Painful :: Painful (a.) Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing..

Vexatious :: Vexatious (a.) Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor..

Carney :: Carney (n.) A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat..

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