intense discomfort
Acute painful distress
Intense discomfort describes a state of pronounced physical or emotional unease—stronger than mere awkwardness or mild pain, but stopping short of agony.
The phrase often appears in medical contexts to soften what patients might call pain: The procedure may cause some intense discomfort.
It also describes acute social or psychological distress: She sat in intense discomfort as her parents argued across the dinner table.
- painBodily or emotional distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
squirming · unbearable · torment · misery · cringe · wincing · throbbing · aching · raw · searing · gnawing · restless · nauseating · excruciating · too much to bear · writhing · white knuckle · tension
intense discomfortbliss
Perfect, serene felicity
euphoria · rapture · ecstasy · contentment · serenity
intense discomfortdeep relaxation
Thorough mental and bodily ease
serenity · tranquility · peace · calm · restfulness
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