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noun
annoyance, worry
Synonyms: agitation, anxiety, bad news, bind, bother, commotion, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, discontent, discord, disorder, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, grief, hang-up, heartache, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, irritation, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, pest, pickle, predicament, problem, puzzle, row, scrape, sorrow, spot, strain, stress, strife, struggle, suffering, task, torment, tribulation, tumult, unrest, vexation, woe
Antonyms: contentment, happiness, peace
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noun
something requiring great effort
Synonyms: ado, attention, bother, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, effort, exertion, flurry, fuss, hardship, inconvenience, labor, pains, pother, rigor, strain, stress, struggle, thought, trial, while, work, worry
Antonyms: advantage, aid, assistance, blessing, help
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noun
bad health
Synonyms: affliction, ailment, complaint, curse, defect, disability, disease, disorder, failure, illness, malady, malfunction, upset
Antonyms: fitness, good health
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verb
bother, worry
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug, burden, burn up, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, drive up the wall, flip out, fret, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, impose on, inconvenience, irk, irritate, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, psych, put out, sadden, spook, stir up, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex
Antonyms: be content, be happy
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verb
make an effort
Synonyms: be concerned with, exert, go to the effort of, take pains, take the time
Antonyms: aid, assist, help