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Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.

Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..

Calamity :: Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..

Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty..

Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power..

Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..

Darkness :: Darkness (n.) A state of distress or trouble.

Heartrending :: Heartrending (a.) Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air..

Avowant :: Avowant (n.) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking..

Hungry :: Hungry (superl.) Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire..

Forhall :: Forhall (v. t.) To harass; to torment; to distress.

Disease :: Disease (v. t.) To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.

Extreme :: Extreme (n.) An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc..

Evil :: Evil (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days..

Solace :: Solace (v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant..

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

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