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n. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

n. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"

pique, temper

n. a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

annoyance, vexation

n. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

excitation, innervation

n. the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

annoyance, annoying, vexation, troubling

n. the act of troubling or annoying someone

sensitivity, sensitiveness

n. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

sympathy, fellow feeling

n. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

tenderness, tenderheartedness

n. warm compassionate feelings

tenderness, softheartedness

n. a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

heart, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, affection, warmheartedness

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

knowingness, awareness, cognizance

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

perceptiveness, insight, perceptivity

n. a feeling of understanding

receptiveness, receptivity, openness

n. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"

outrage, indignation

n. a feeling of righteous anger

bitterness, gall, resentment, rancor, rancour

n. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

fury, rage, madness

n. a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"

scene, fit, tantrum

n. a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"

passion, passionateness

n. strong feeling or emotion

inconvenience, incommodiousness

n. an inconvenient discomfort

discomfort, uncomfortableness

n. the state of being tense and feeling pain

embarrassment

n. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

anger, ire, choler

n. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

pacification, mollification

n. the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"

comfort, comfortableness

n. a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"

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