Emotional Distress Words

verb Hurting is a present participle form of the verb 'hurt', which means to cause physical or emotional pain or injury.

• The medication is meant to alleviate the hurting in your joints.
• I can tell you're hurting, do you want to talk about it?
• I heard she's been hurting since the breakup.
• His words were like daggers, cutting deep and hurting her emotionally.

adjective feeling unfulfilled in love; experiencing loneliness or unhappiness due to unrequited love

• The lovelorn poet poured his heart out in his latest sonnet.
• She's been feeling lovelorn ever since her breakup.
• He's been acting all lovelorn since she rejected his date invitation.
• The lovelorn sailor longed for the open sea as he stood on dry land.

adverb In a way that causes great distress, suffering, or discomfort

• The lack of funding has sorely impacted the progress of our research project.
• I'm sorely tempted to skip class and go to the beach instead.
• I was sorely hungover after the party last night.
• He felt sorely disappointed when he didn't get the promotion he was hoping for.