mental+suffering

  • 71cruelty — cru·el·ty n pl ties 1 a: an intentional or criminally negligent act that causes pain and suffering cruelty to animals cruelty to children b: mistreatment or neglect that causes pain and suffering compare abuse …

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  • 72emotional distress — emo·tion·al distress n: a highly unpleasant emotional reaction (as anguish, humiliation, or fury) which results from another s conduct and for which damages may be sought – called also emotional harm, mental anguish, mental distress, mental… …

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  • 73distress — n Distress, suffering, misery, agony, dolor, passion are comparable when denoting the state of one that is in great trouble or in pain of mind or body. Distress commonly implies conditions or circumstances that cause physical or mental stress or… …

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  • 74torment — torments, tormenting, tormented (The noun is pronounced [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)ment[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]tɔː(r)me̱nt[/t]].) 1) N UNCOUNT Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. She is my first ever girlfriend, a source both of… …

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  • 75distress — [di stres′] vt. [ME distressen < OFr destrecier, orig., to constrain (to do something) < destrece, constraint < ML destrescia < L districtus, pp. of distringere: see DISTRAIN] 1. to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain 2. to… …

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  • 76Assisted suicide — Detail of The Death of Socrates. A disciple is handing Socrates a goblet of hemlock …

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  • 77Neuropsychiatry — is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It preceded the current disciplines of psychiatry and neurology, in as much as psychiatrists and neurologists had a common training.[1]… …

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  • 78cruelty — The intentional and malicious infliction of physical or mental suffering upon living creatures, particularly human beings; or, as applied to the latter, the wanton, malicious, and unnecessary infliction of pain upon the body, or the feelings and… …

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  • 79cruelty — The intentional and malicious infliction of physical or mental suffering upon living creatures, particularly human beings; or, as applied to the latter, the wanton, malicious, and unnecessary infliction of pain upon the body, or the feelings and… …

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  • 80Physical Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pain pain Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering suffrance Sgm: N 1 bodily pain bodily pain physical pain bodily suffering physical suffering body pain Sgm: N 1 mental suffering …

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