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Sore :: Sore (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

Commiseration :: Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion..

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment..

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.

Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..

Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting..

Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart 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..

Trial :: Trial (n.) The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men..

Crucifixion :: Crucifixion (n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.

Curse :: Curse (v. t.) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment..

Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..

Drearihood :: Drearihood (n.) Affliction; dreariness.

Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

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

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

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