| plague(noun, verb, trouble, help, attack) |
| smart(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt) |
| sting(noun, verb, upset, disturb, distress) |
| uneasiness(noun, worry, concern, anxiety, shame) |
| wear black(verb, expression, action, desire, pain) |
| woefulness(noun, sadness, misery, unhappiness, dejection) |
| wound(noun, verb, state, upset, cut) |
| wring hands(verb, expression, action, desire, pain) |
| hell(noun, place, difficulty, distress, pain) |
| care(noun, trouble, bother, worry, concern) |
| carry a heavy load(verb, expression, idiom, action, trouble) |
| cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, action, upset) |
| distress oneself(verb, expression, action, trouble, bother) |
| get into a dither(verb, expression, idiom, action, trouble) |
| hit where one lives(verb, expression, idiom, action, upset) |
| hurting(noun, state, feeling, worry, passion) |
| joylessness(noun, dejection, discontentment) |
| lose sleep over(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, action) |
| martyrdom(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, torment) |
| ordeal(noun, upset, trouble, bother, blow) |