throe

  • 31spasm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. throe, paroxysm, convulsion, seizure; fit, furor. See agitation, irregularity, pain, violence, discontinuance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. convulsion, seizure, contraction; see fit 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 32pain — n 1 Pain, ache, pang, throe, twinge, stitch are comparable when they mean a bodily sensation that causes acute discomfort or suffering. Pain may range in its application from a sensation that makes one uneasily aware of some bodily disturbance or …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 33Throw — (thr[=o]), n. [See {Throe}.] Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe. [Obs.] Spenser. Dryden. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 34pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 35convulsion — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Spasm] Syn. paroxysm, seizure, attack; see fit 1 . 2. [Disturbance] Syn. turbulence, agitation, commotion, upheaval; see disturbance 2 , outbreak 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. spasm, seizure, fit, throe, paroxysm,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 36distress — [n1] pain, agony ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 37Acanthophis tortor — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38Acanthopis antarctica — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39Agonies — Agony Ag o*ny, n.; pl. {Agonies}. [L. agonia, Gr. ?, orig. a contest, fr. ?: cf. F. agonie. See {Agon}.] 1. Violent contest or striving. [1913 Webster] The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Pain so… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40Agony — Ag o*ny, n.; pl. {Agonies}. [L. agonia, Gr. ?, orig. a contest, fr. ?: cf. F. agonie. See {Agon}.] 1. Violent contest or striving. [1913 Webster] The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Pain so extreme… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English