Word Meanings - HYPOCHONDRIASIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health. (more info) its seat in the hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondriac,
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- HYPOCHONDRIACISM
Hypochondriasis. - TORMENTFUL
Full of torment; causing, or accompainied by, torment; excruciating. Tillotson. - AFFECTATIONIST
One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall. - PERSONNEL
The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from matériel. - PERSONIFICATION
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton. (more info) 1. The act of personifying; - TORMENTOR
An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. Hebert. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures. Jer. Taylor. Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with - GLOOMY
1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper - AFFECTION
Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections - AFFECTIBILITY
The quality or state of being affectible. - HEALTHFULLY
In health; wholesomely. - PERSONIZE
To personify. Milton has personized them. J. Richardson. - HYPOCHONDRIACAL
See ADV - AFFECTIVELY
In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally. - PERSONATE
To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton. - TORMENTIL
A rosaceous herb , the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea. (more info) tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called - PERSONATOR
One who personates. "The personators of these actions." B. Jonson. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - AFFECTIONED
1. Disposed. Be kindly affectioned one to another. Rom. xii. 10. 2. Affected; conceited. Shak. - HEALTHLESS
1. Without health, whether of body or mind; in firm. "A healthless or old age." Jer. Taylor. 2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome. - AFFECTER
One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after. "Affecters of wit." Abp. Secker. - OMENTAL
Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta. - OVERAFFECT
To affect or care for unduly. Milton. - MISAFFECT
To dislike. - EXPERIMENTAL
1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher. 2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion. - UNCONCERNMENT
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South. - ALIMENTALLY
So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. - INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - ELEMENTAL
1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope. 2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. - INAFFECTED
Unaffected. -- In`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. - UNIPERSONAL
Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal. (more info) 1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God. - PIGMENTAL; PIGMENTARY
Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments. Dunglison. Pigmentary degeneration , a morbid condition in which an undue amount of pigment is deposited in the tissues. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.