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PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE Antonyms

There are 7 antonyms of the phrase pleasure-pain principle. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE

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agony
nounn
noun

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a state of acute pain

anguish
nounn
noun

• extreme mental distress

• extreme distress of body or mind

verb

• suffer great pains or distress

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

displeasure
nounn
noun

• the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something

misery
nounn
noun

• a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

• a feeling of intense unhappiness

pain
nounn
noun

• a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

• emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

• a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

verb

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• cause emotional anguish or make miserable

suffering
nounn
noun

• a state of acute pain

• misery resulting from affliction

• psychological suffering

• feelings of mental or physical pain

adjective satellite

• troubled by pain or loss

• very unhappy; full of misery

torment
verb, nounv, n
noun

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

verb

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

Alternatives for AGONY

Alternatives for ANGUISH

Alternatives for DISPLEASURE

Alternatives for MISERY

Alternatives for PAIN

Alternatives for SUFFERING

Alternatives for TORMENT

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