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Starve :: Starve (v. t.) To distress or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender..

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..

Painful :: Painful (a.) Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing..

Matter :: Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble..

Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Grief :: Grief (a.) Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

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..

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

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

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..

Endurance :: Endurance (n.) The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience..

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..

Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind..

Withernam :: Withernam (n.) A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in connection with the action of replevin (sometimes called a writ of reprisal), which issues to a defendant in replevin when he has obtained judgment for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return..

Succor :: Succor (v. t.) Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress..

Anxiety :: Anxiety (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium..

Outcry :: Outcry (n.) A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor..

Anguish :: Anguish (v. t.) To distress with extreme pain or grief.

Distress :: Distress (n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To pain; to distress; to afflict.

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