Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to. blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus [Lat.]; damage, loss &c (deterioration) 659. disadvantage, prejudice, drawback. disaster, accident, casualty; mishap &c (misfortune) 735; bad job, devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin &c (destruction) 162; adversity &c 735. mental suffering &c 828. demon &c 980. (Evil spirit) bane, &c 663 (cause of evil). badness, &c 649 (Production of Evil); painfulness, &c 830; evil doer, &c 913. outrage, wrong, injury, foul play; bad turn, ill turn; disservice, spoliation &c 791; grievance, crying evil. V. be in trouble &c (adversity) 735. Adj. disastrous, bad &c 649; awry, out of joint; disadvantageous. Adv. amis [Fr.], wrong, ill, to one's cost Phr. moving accidents by flood and field [Othello]. SECTION II. PROSPECTIVE VOLITION