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Pain   /peɪn/   Listen
Pain

noun
1.
A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.  Synonym: hurting.
2.
Emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid.  Synonym: painfulness.
3.
A somatic sensation of acute discomfort.  Synonyms: pain sensation, painful sensation.
4.
A bothersome annoying person.  Synonyms: nuisance, pain in the neck.
5.
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.  Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.  "A bit of a bother" , "He's not a friend, he's an infliction"
verb
(past & past part. pained; pres. part. paining)
1.
Cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed.  Synonyms: ail, trouble.
2.
Cause emotional anguish or make miserable.  Synonyms: anguish, hurt.



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"Pain" Quotes from Famous Books



... Frank's grasp, slipped under his arm, and attempted to seize the Hiller. But Frank was as quick as a cat in his motions; and, before Charles had time to strike a blow, he seized him with a grip that brought from him a cry of pain, and seated him, ...
— Frank, the Young Naturalist • Harry Castlemon

... in the same manner, that upon Diomedes wounding the Gods, there flow'd from the Wound an Ichor, or pure kind of Blood, which was not bred from mortal Viands; and that tho the Pain was exquisitely great, the Wound soon closed up and healed in those Beings who are ...
— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele

... blooms The flower that spreads beauty around, And Nature smiles sweet on our tombs And softens with balm every wound. Oh, call not our life sad nor vain, Wi' its joys that can ever endear, There 's a sweet ray of pleasure star deep in each pain, Like the wee blink that shines in ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various

... the Hands of her Dancing-Master; and with a Collar round her Neck, the pretty wild Thing is taught a fantastical Gravity of Behaviour, and forced to a particular Way of holding her Head, heaving her Breast, and moving with her whole Body; and all this under Pain of never having an Husband, if she steps, looks, or moves awry. This gives the young Lady wonderful Workings of Imagination, what is to pass between her and this Husband that she is every Moment told of, and ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

... The pain will soon pass off, and I do not know that there is any remedy. When at school, I was told to rub the stung part over with a dock leaf, but I do not think this ever did it any good. Now, I want you to pay particular attention; you ...
— Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children • W. Houghton


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