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.


