Joy and Suffering

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Joy noun - A feeling or state of well-being and contentment.

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Suffering is an antonym for joy.

Nearby Words: joyful, joyous, joyless, joyfully, joyously

Suffering noun - Feelings of mental or physical pain.

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Joy is an antonym for suffering in pain topic.

Nearby Words: suffer, sufferance, suffered, sufferer

human	human joy	human suffering
pure	pure joy	pure suffering
dying	dying joy	dying suffering
endless	endless joy	endless suffering
Other adjectives: true, genuine, real, collective, extreme, great, personal, shared, eternal, immense, greater, magical.

GX. S/he has been shown to have an enormously warped and sadomasochistic view of love: because love, in part, is sharing feelings, both joy and suffering, Yubel therefore legitimizes Jaden's suffering as "true love".

Source: Combat Sadomasochist
Where there is joy...Yes, well, one could hardly have joy without another's suffering, no?

Source: Faux Affably Evil
He helps Kirei discover what brings him joy in life, which seems harmless until you realize that Kirei's joy involves the suffering of others.

Source: Toxic Friend Influence

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