Metamorphosis (Sutton)

Distress

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain

Amelioration

The act of making something better; improvement

Aversion

A strong dislike or disinclination

Asphyxiation

State or process of being deprived of oxygen

Listlessly

Too tired or too lottle interested to want to do things

Austere

Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

Arduous

Involving or requiring strenous effort

Timorous

Showing or suffering from nervousness

Perversity

Deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable way

Travail

Painful or laborious effort

Obstinate

Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action

Repugnant

Extremely distateful

Rumination

Deep or considered thought about something

Monotonous

Dull, tedious, and reputious