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Pain

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Noun

1. hurting, pain

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

Example Sentences:
'the patient developed severe pain and distension'

2. pain, painfulness

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

Example Sentences:
'the pain of loneliness'

3. pain, pain sensation, painful sensation

a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

Example Sentences:
'as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain'

4. nuisance, pain, pain in the neck

a bothersome annoying person

Example Sentences:
'that kid is a terrible pain'

5. annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Example Sentences:
'washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer'
'a bit of a bother'
'he's not a friend, he's an infliction'

Verb

6. ail, pain, trouble

cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

7. anguish, hurt, pain

cause emotional anguish or make miserable

Example Sentences:
'It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pain

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noun
1. 
the sensation of acute physical hurt or discomfort caused by injury, illness, etc
2. 
emotional suffering or mental distress
3.  on pain of
4. Also called: pain in the neck or ()in taboo pain in the arse informal
a person or thing that is a nuisance
verb (transitive)
5. 
to cause (a person) distress, hurt, grief, anxiety, etc
6. informal
to annoy; irritate

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Pain

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noun
1. 
penalty or punishment
obs. except in on (or upon or under) pain of, at the risk of bringing upon oneself (punishment, death, etc.)
2. 
a sensation of hurting, or strong discomfort, in some part of the body, caused by an injury, disease, or functional disorder, and transmitted through the nervous system
3. 
the distress or suffering, mental or physical, caused by great anxiety, anguish, grief, disappointment, etc.
4.  [pl.]
the labor of childbirth
5.  [pl.]
great care or effort
to take pains with one's work
6.  Slang
an annoyance
often used in phrases specifying a part of the body (e.g., pain in the neck)
verb transitive
7. 
to cause to suffer; hurt; distress
verb intransitive
8. 
to have or cause pain

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pain

see synonyms of pain
n.
1.
a. An unpleasant feeling occurring as a result of injury or disease, usually localized in some part of the body: felt pains in his chest.
b. Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings: drugs to treat pain.
2.
a. Mental or emotional suffering; distress.
b. An instance of this: the pains of humiliation.
3. pains The pangs of childbirth.
4. pains Great care or effort: taking pains with one's work.
5. Informal A source of annoyance; a nuisance: Stuffing all these envelopes is a real pain.
tr.v. pained, pain·ing, pains
1. To cause physical pain to; hurt: My feet really pained me after the hike.
2. To cause mental or emotional distress to: "It pained him to remember every little thing about her" (John Irving).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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