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Sense: Noun: distress
Synonyms:
distress Collocations, torment, grief Collocations, agony, pain Collocations, misery Collocations, sadness Collocations, sorrow Collocations, angst, woe Collocations , suffering Collocations, mourning Collocations, heartbreak, heartache, hurt Collocations, anxiety Collocations, worry Collocations, torture, psychological torture, ache Collocations
Sense: Verb: feel sorrow - often followed by 'over'
Synonyms:
grieve Collocations, mourn, sorrow Collocations, agonize, agonise , suffer Collocations, hurt Collocations, ache Collocations, be sorrowful, be tortured, go through agonies, be distressed, be in distress, be in pain, be anxious, stress Collocations , stress out , get stressed out
Sense: Verb: cause sorrow
Synonyms:
torment, rack Collocations, torture, afflict, agonize, agonise , plague Collocations, cause sb anguish, cause sb pain, inflict suffering on, make sb suffer, cause sb sorrow