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61adversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill fortune Nouns 1. (difficulty) adversity, affliction; bad, ill, adverse, or hard luck or fortune, Weltschmerz; evil lot; force majeur, frowns of fortune; evil star or genius; ups and downs of life,… …
62ulcer — n 1. abscess, ulceration, Pathol. noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, Pathol. parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem, Obs. apostemation, Archaic. impostume; canker, lesion, chancre, chancroid, simple chancre, soft chancre; boil, blain, Pathol.… …
63pain — n 1. hurt, ache, aching, smart, smarting, soreness, discomfort; twinge, pinch, gripe, nip, pang, shock, crick, stitch, stabbing pain, sharp pain; throb, throbbing, gnawing pain, burning pain. 2. torture, torment, rack, agony; anguish, grief, woe …
64gall — I noun 1) she had the gall to ask for money Syn: effrontery, impudence, impertinence, cheek, cheekiness, insolence, audacity, temerity, presumption, cockiness, nerve, shamelessness, disrespect, bad manners; informal face, chutzpah; sauce …
65distress — n 1. anguish, misery, Archaic. bale, dolor, grief, sorrow, Archaic. dole; sadness, woe, ruth, heartache, heartbreak; ache, hurt, pain, suffering; torture, torment, agony; bereavement, mourning; woefulness, wretchedness, heaviness of heart,… …
66scourge — n 1. whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, cowhide, rawhide, thong, strap; flail, lash, switch, cat o ninetails, cat; flagellum, knout, quirt, U.S. blacksnake; bastinado, rod, stick, baton, cane, cudgel, blackjack, club, Inf. billy. 2. plague, pestilence,… …
67plague — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. affliction, woe, visitation; nuisance, pest; bane, scourge, curse; pestilence, disease, epidemic; bubonic plague, white or black death; cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, typhoid, [Asian, etc. ] flu. v …
68trial — 1. noun 1) the trial is expected to last several weeks Syn: court case, case, assize, lawsuit, suit, hearing, inquiry, tribunal, litigation, legal proceedings, judicial proceedings, proceedings, legal action; court martial; appeal, retrial …
69rack — n 1. frame, framing, framework, trestle, arbot, scaffolding, structure; stretcher, form, Both Textiles. drawing frame, perch; hanger, clothes or hat tree or rack, bar, pole, dowel; stand, trivet, grate, grating, holder; crib, cradle, bed, Naut.… …
70encumbrance — [n] burden albatross, ball and chain*, cross, debt, duty, guilt, handicap, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, monkey on one’s back*, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, thorn in one’s side*, weight, worry; concepts 532,690 …
