suffering

• Tantalus's torment

  Tantalus's torment refers to the agonizing experience of being unable to grasp something highly desired, even when it appears within reach.

• Put someone out of their misery

  To end someone's suffering, typically by providing a swift resolution to a painful or difficult situation.

• Sweat blood

  To sweat blood means to work extremely hard and endure great difficulty and suffering to achieve something.

• Grief-stricken

  Deeply affected by extreme sorrow, especially due to loss or tragedy.

• Brokenhearted

  Feeling overwhelming sadness, grief, or despair, typically due to lost love or a profound personal disappointment.

• A bed of nails

  A bed of nails refers to an extremely difficult, uncomfortable, or agonizing situation.

• Pour salt on an open wound

  To deliberately make someone's existing distress or pain worse, often by reminding them of it or adding to their misfortune.

• Gnawing hunger

  A gnawing hunger describes an intense, persistent, and often painful feeling of hunger that feels as though it is eating away at you from the inside.