Suffering and Throes

Suffering

Suffering noun - Feelings of mental or physical pain.

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Throes and suffering are semantically related In some cases you can use "Throes" instead a noun "Suffering".

Nearby Words: suffer, sufferance, suffered, sufferer

Throes noun - Violent pangs of suffering.

Usage example: death throes

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Suffering and throes are semantically related in agony topic. You can use "Suffering" instead a noun "Throes".

dying	dying suffering	dying throes
worst	worst suffering	worst throes

However, this does often invoke a case of No True Scotsman when he tries to take the higher ground and makes a Badass Boast over someone suffering through the throes of the same or a similar addiction.

Source: Series / The Jeremy Kyle Show

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