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Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

Afflictionless :: Afflictionless (a.) Free from affliction.

Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Pine :: Pine (v. i.) To suffer; to be afflicted.

Trial :: Trial (n.) That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial..

Severe :: Severe (superl.) Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold..

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

Cretin :: Cretin (n.) One afflicted with cretinism.

Grieve :: Grieve (v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..

Woful :: Woful (a.) Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction; as, a woeful event; woeful want..

Afflicter :: Afflicter (n.) One who afflicts.

Nyctalops :: Nyctalops (n.) One afflicted with nyctalopia.

Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..

Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..

Afflicting :: Afflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Afflic.

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