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kwelling — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affliction noun A condition or event that causes ongoing pain, suffering, or hardship.
  • ordeal noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
  • torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.

Senses

kwelling is used for these senses in English:

  • affliction Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  • plague (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
  • torment Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

ordeal — full definition

  1. noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
  2. noun Historically, a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous physical test, the outcome believed to reveal guilt or innocence by divine judgment.

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