Pain

verb
peɪn

Noun

  • a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

    the patient developed severe pain and distension

    Similar:Hurting
    Type of:Symptom
  • emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

    the pain of loneliness

    Similar:Painfulness
    Type of:Feeling
  • a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

    as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain

    Type of:SomaesthesiaSomesthesiaSomatesthesia
  • a bothersome annoying person

    that kid is a terrible pain

    Similar:Nuisance
  • something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

    Similar:AnnoyanceBotherBotherationInfliction

Verb

  • cause emotional anguish or make miserable

    It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school

    Similar:AnguishHurt
    Type of:UpsetDiscomfitDiscompose
  • cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

    Similar:AilTrouble
    Type of:Hurt

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