be in a taking
verb
Roget 828:
feel pain,
suffer pain,
experience pain,
undergo pain,
bear pain,
endure pain
etc.
n.,
smart,
ache
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
suffer,
bleed,
ail;
be the victim of.
labor under afflictions;
bear the cross;
quaff the bitter cup,
have a bad time of it;
fall on evil days
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go hard with,
come to grief,
fall a sacrifice to,
drain the cup of misery to the dregs,
sup full of horrors"
[Macbeth].
sit on thorns,
be on pins and needles,
wince,
fret,
chafe,
worry oneself,
be in a taking,
fret and fume;
take on,
take to heart;
cark†.
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
yearn,
repine,
pine,
droop,
languish,
sink;
give way;
despair
etc.
859;
break one's heart;
weigh upon the heart
etc.
(inflict pain)
830.
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