| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A troubled or anxious state of mind: angst, anxiety, anxiousness, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, nervousness, solicitude, unease, uneasiness, worry. See FEELINGS. 2. A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See HAPPY. 3. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance: exigence, exigency, hot water, trouble. See HELP. | | VERB: | 1. To cause suffering or painful sorrow to: aggrieve, grieve, hurt, injure, pain, wound. See HAPPY. 2. To cause anxious uneasiness in: ail, cark, concern, trouble, worry. See CONCERN.
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