Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
378; suffer, bleed, ail; be the victim of.
     labor under afflictions; bear the cross; quaff the bitter cup, have a
bad time of it; fall on evil days &c. (adversity) 735; go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, “sup full of horrors” [Macbeth].
     sit on thorns, be on pins and needles, wince, fret, chafe, worry
oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume; take on, take to heart; cark[obs3].
     grieve; mourn &c. (lament) 839; yearn, repine, pine, droop, languish,
sink; give way; despair &c. 859; break one’s heart; weigh upon the heart &c. (inflict pain) 830. 
     Adj. in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain &c. n.; suffering &c.
v.; pained, afflicted, worried, displeased &c. 830; aching, griped, sore &c. (physical pain) 378; on the rack, in limbo; between hawk and buzzard.
     uncomfortable, uneasy; ill at ease; in a taking, in a way; disturbed;
discontented &c. 832; out of humor &c. 901a; weary &c. 841.
     heavy laden, stricken, crushed, a prey to, victimized, ill-used.
     unfortunate &c. (hapless) 735; to be pitied, doomed, devoted,
accursed, undone, lost, stranded; fey.
     unhappy, infelicitous, poor, wretched, miserable, woe-begone;
cheerless &c. (dejected) 837; careworn.
     concerned, sorry; sorrowing, sorrowful; cut up, chagrined, horrified,
horror-stricken; in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief &c. n.; in tears &c. (lamenting) 839; steeped to the lips in misery; heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded; broken-hearted; in despair &c. 859. 
     Phr. “the iron entered into our soul”; haeret lateri lethalis arundo
[Lat][Vergil]; one’s heart bleeding; “down, thou climbing sorrow” [Lear]; “mirth cannot move a soul in agony” [Love’s Labor’s Lost]; nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria [It]; “sorrow’s crown of sorrow is remembering happier things” [Tennyson]; “the Niobe of Nations” [Byron].

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     #829. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.]
Pleasurableness. —­ N. pleasurableness, pleasantness, agreeableness &c. adj.; pleasure giving, jucundity[obs3], delectability; amusement &c. 840.
     attraction &c. (motive) 615; attractiveness, attractability[obs3];
invitingness &c. adj[obs3].; harm, fascination, enchantment, witchery, seduction, winning ways, amenity, amiability; winsomeness.
     loveliness &c. (beauty) 845; sunny side, bright side; sweets &c.
(sugar) 396; goodness &c. 648; manna in the wilderness, land flowing with milk and honey; bittersweet; fair weather.
     treat; regale &c. (physical pleasure) 377; dainty; titbit[obs3],
tidbit; nuts, sauce piquante[Fr]. 
     V. cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure,
afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure &c. 827.
     please, charm, delight, becharm[obs3], imparadise[obs3]; gladden &c.

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