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  • 111painfully — adverb Syn: distressingly, disturbingly, uncomfortably, unpleasantly, dreadfully …

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  • 112wicked — wick•ed [[t]ˈwɪk ɪd[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. 1) evil or morally bad; sinful 2) mischievous or playfully malicious 3) distressingly severe, as weather 4) unjustifiable; dreadful; beastly: wicked prices[/ex] 5) having a bad disposition; ill natured; …

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  • 113wrench — [[t]rɛntʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist 2) to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist 3) to affect distressingly as if by a wrench 4) to wrest, as from the… …

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  • 114distress — /dəsˈtrɛs / (say duhs tres) noun 1. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute suffering; affliction; trouble. 2. acute poverty. 3. physical exhaustion. 4. a state of extreme necessity. 5. the state of a ship requiring immediate assistance, as because …

  • 115wicked — /ˈwɪkəd / (say wikuhd) adjective 1. evil or morally bad in principle or practice; iniquitous; sinful. 2. mischievous or playfully malicious. 3. distressingly severe, as cold, pain, wounds, etc. 4. ill natured, savage, or vicious: a wicked horse.… …

  • 116wrench — /rɛntʃ / (say rench) verb (t) 1. to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist. 2. to overstrain or injure (the ankle, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist. 3. to affect distressingly as if by a wrench. 4. to wrest, as from… …

  • 117deeply — [adv] completely, intensely acutely, affectingly, distressingly, feelingly, genuinely, gravely, intensely, mournfully, movingly, passionately, profoundly, sadly, seriously, severely, surely, thoroughly, to the quick; concepts 531,772 Ant.… …

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  • 118hard — [adj1] rocklike adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron*, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough,… …

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  • 119seriously — [adv1] not humorously actively, all joking aside*, cool it*, cut the comedy*, determinedly, down, earnestly, fervently, for real*, gravely, in all conscience, in all seriousness, in earnest, intently, passionately, purposefully, resolutely,… …

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  • 120distress — [di stres′] vt. [ME distressen < OFr destrecier, orig., to constrain (to do something) < destrece, constraint < ML destrescia < L districtus, pp. of distringere: see DISTRAIN] 1. to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain 2. to… …

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