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Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Comfortable :: Comfortable (a.) Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person..

Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free..

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.

Carking :: Carking (a.) Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares..

Distress :: Distress (n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends..

Distressedness :: Distressedness (n.) A state of being distressed or greatly pained.

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child..

Roaring :: Roaring (n.) A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation..

Comfortless :: Comfortless (a.) Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.

Tine :: Tine (n.) Trouble; distress; teen.

Passion :: Passion (n.) A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the time of the last supper and his death, esp. in the garden upon the cross..

Distraint :: Distraint (n.) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress.

Distress :: Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..

Remorseless :: Remorseless (a.) Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless..

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