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broken bird
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heartwrenching
postdistress
upend
upsetting
distressingness
steel oneself for
solicitous
hardship
steel oneself against
brace oneself for
agonize
convulsional
prepare for
off one's head
snap
out of one's mind
queasiness
bemoan
sympathy
poignant
apprehensive
worried
ill
scar
distrain
get to
anchor
tortured
tragic
bum out
worry
disquieting
feel
monkey on one's back
touch
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apprehensive
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queasiness
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verb
- To distress mentally or emotionally.
- To lacerate; to wound by multiple lacerations; to injure or damage by cutting, or as if by cutting.
- To move aggressively in front of another vehicle while driving.
- To behave like a clown or jokester (a cut-up); to misbehave; to act in a playful, comical, boisterous, or unruly manner to elicit laughter, attention, etc.
- Comprise a particular selection of runners.
- To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections.
- To disintegrate; to break into pieces.
adj
verb
- To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
- In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
- To worry; to be anxious.
- To take pains to do something.
noun
- A distressing or dangerous situation.
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- A malfunction.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
noun
- extreme mental distress
- unbearable physical pain
- intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
verb
verb
- torment emotionally or mentally
- go at a rack
- stretch to the limits
- put on a rack and pinion
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- run before a gale
- fly in high wind
- draw off from the lees
- work on a rack
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- place in a rack
- torture on the rack
noun
- rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton
- the destruction or collapse of something
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a support for displaying ot holding various articles
- a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
- a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately
noun
- a mental pain or distress
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
verb
adv
verb
- To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
- To move gently back and forth.
- To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- To thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- To sway one's body as a stim.
- To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular look, style).
- to make love to or have sex with.
- To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- To do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- To cause to shake or sway violently.
- To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- to be cool.
noun
- An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
- Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support to another.
- A mistake.
- Synonym of stone.
- The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- A precious stone or gem, especially a diamond.
- A cricket ball, especially a new one that has not been softened by use
- Distaff.
- The flax or wool on a distaff.
- A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- A basketball.
- An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
- A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally having some text running through its length.
- A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, and vocals.
- A mass of stone projecting out of the ground or water.
- Any natural material with a distinctive composition of minerals.
- An Afrikaner.
- An unintelligent person, especially one who repeats mistakes.
- A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- The striped bass.
- A boulder or large stone; or (US, Canada) a smaller stone; a pebble.
- A lump or cube of ice.
- The huss or rock salmon.
- A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to paper. It beats lizard and loses to Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
- A crystal used to control the radio frequency.
verb
- To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
noun
- distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
noun
- A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
- A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
- A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
- A shock wave.
verb
- To give an electric shock to.
- To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
- To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
- To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
adj
noun
- an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
- the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
- a force that compels
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
- the state of demanding notice or attention
- the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin
- the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
verb
noun
- An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
- A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
- A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions.
- A husk.
verb
- To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
- To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- To be painful.
- To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
adj
adv
- with pain or distress or bitterness
- with effort or force or vigor
- with firmness
- earnestly or intently
- causing great damage or hardship
- slowly and with difficulty
- indulging excessively
- into a solid condition
- very near or close in space or time
- to the full extent possible; all the way
adj
- not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- dispassionate
- resisting weight or pressure
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
adj
verb
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To shake hands.
- To move from side to side.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
noun
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- A shock or disturbance.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
verb
- To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness.
- To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- To dissolve; to part.
- To break or separate into pieces.
- Become disorganised
- Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- be or cause to be overcome with laughter
- To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
- To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
adj
verb
- To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- To say abruptly or sharply.
- To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing finger of the same hand together and suddenly releasing the grip so that the finger hits against the palm; alternatively, by bringing the index finger quickly down onto the middle finger and thumb.
- To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- To attempt to seize or bite with the teeth, beak, etc.
- To send a visual message through the Snapchat application.
- To cause something to emit a snapping sound, especially by closing it rapidly.
- To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- To give way abruptly and loudly.
- To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).
- To speak abruptly or sharply.
- To misfire.
- To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
noun
- A crisp or pithy quality; epigrammatic point or force.
- A tool used by riveters.
- A tool used by glass-moulders.
- A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching cards as they are turned up.
- A thin circular cookie or similar baked good.
- A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- Something of no value.
- A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- A visual message sent through the Snapchat application.
- A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
- A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- Something that is easy or effortless.
- A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.
- A small device resembling a safety pin, used to attach the bait or lure to the line.
- A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- briskness; vigour; energy; decision
- An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.
- The act of snapping the fingers; making a sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing to strike the hand.
- A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- A sudden break.
- A photograph; a snapshot.
- A snapper, or snap beetle.
- A newsflash.
- jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop
- A package provided for the application sandboxing system snapd developed by Canonical.
intj
- The cry used in a game of snap when winning a hand.
- "I've got one the same!", "Me too!"
- Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly the same time.
- Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement or news; often used facetiously.
- Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
adj
noun
- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
- Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
- The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- The ability to share the feelings of another.
- Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
- An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.
adj
- distressing
- resulting in suffering or adversity
- indicating hostility or enmity
- presaging ill fortune
adv
- (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
- A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
- A cliff or rock outcrop.
- A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
- A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
- Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
- A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).
verb
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
noun
- Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
- A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
- A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
- The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- That which gives stability or security.
- A screw anchor.
- Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
- One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
- The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
- A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
- One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
- The brake of a vehicle.
- A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
- A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
- A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
- An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
- The final runner in a relay race.
- An anchorman or anchorwoman.
- Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
verb
- To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state.
- To search by sense of touch.
- To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
- To be or become aware of.
- To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
- To seem (through touch or otherwise).
- To understand.
- To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
- To experience the consequences of.
- To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
noun
verb
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
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