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Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event..

Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting..

Afflict :: Afflict (p. p. & a.) Afflicted.

Oversorrow :: Oversorrow (v. t.) To grieve or afflict to excess.

Dyspeptic :: Dyspeptic (n.) A person afflicted with dyspepsia.

Cretin :: Cretin (n.) One afflicted with cretinism.

Sour :: Sour (superl.) Afflictive; painful.

Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..

Adverse :: Adverse (a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..

Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..

Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..

Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune..

Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.

Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..

Worm :: Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling..

Afflicted :: Afflicted (imp. & p. p.) of Afflic.

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum..

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