gall and wormwood

noun

Roget 395: unsavoriness etc. adj.; amaritude^†; acrimony, acridity (bitterness) 392.2; roughness etc. (sour) 397; acerbity, austerity; gall and wormwood, rue, quassia^†, aloes; marah^†; sickener^†.    ... show more

Roget 830: painfulness etc. adj.; trouble, care etc. (pain) 828; trial; affliction, infliction; blow, stroke, burden, load, curse; bitter pill, bitter draught; waters of bitterness.    annoyance, grievance, nuisance, vexation, mortification, sickener^†; bore, bother, pother, hot water, sea of troubles" [Hamlet], hornet's nest, plague, pest.    cancer, ulcer, sting, thorn; canker etc. (bane) 663; scorpion etc. (evil doer) 913; dagger etc. (arms) 727; scourge etc. (instrument of punishment) 975; carking care, canker worm of care.    mishap, misfortune etc. (adversity) 735; desagrement [Fr.], esclandre [Fr.], rub.    source of irritation, source of annoyance; wound, open sore; sore subject, skeleton in the closet; thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side; where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood.    sorry sight, heavy news, provocation; affront etc. 929; head and front of one's offending" [Othello]. infestation, molestation; malignity etc. (malevolence) 907.    ... show more

Roget 867: dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, displacency^†.    reluctance; backwardness etc. (unwillingness) 603.    repugnance, disgust, queasiness, turn, nausea, loathing; averseness^†, aversation^†, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate etc. 898; animosity etc. 900; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa^†, xenophobia.    sickener^†; gall and wormwood etc. (unsavory) 395; shuddering, cold sweat.    ... show more

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