pesadumbre

Definitions of pesadumbre
  1. noun
    something that causes great unhappiness
    synonyms: aflicción, agonía, congoja, cuita, desconsuelo, disgusto, dolor, duelo, escozor, espina, luto, pena, pesar, quebranto, sentimiento
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    estímulo negativo
    a stimulus with undesirable consequences
  2. noun
    emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
    synonyms: aflicción, dolor, pesar
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    antonyms:
    goce, placer
    a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
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    mal, martirio, suplicio, torcedor, tormento, tortura
    feelings of mental or physical pain
    sufrimiento
    psychological suffering
    agonía
    violent pangs of suffering
    incomodidad, molestia
    an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
    agonía, martirio, suplicio, torcedor, tormento, tortura
    extreme mental distress
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    sentimiento
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  3. noun
    sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
    synonyms: pesar
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    contrición
    sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
    compunción, hormiguilla, remordimiento
    a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
    culpabilidad, sentimiento de culpa
    remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
    arrepentimiento, penitencia
    remorse for your past conduct
    type of:
    desdicha, melancolía, tristeza
    emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
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