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pain

noun

1 it seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain for so long:

suffering, agony, affliction, torture, torment, discomfort, soreness.

2 she had a dull pain in her stomach:

ache, aching, soreness, hurt, throb, throbbing, smarting, pricking, sting, stinging, twinge, shooting pain, stab, pang, spasm;

stitch, cramp;

discomfort, irritation, stiffness, tenderness.

3 the pain of losing a loved one:

sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sadness, unhappiness, distress, desolation, misery, wretchedness, despair, desperation, mental suffering, emotional suffering, trauma;

bitterness, anguish, affliction, tribulation, vexation, woe, agony, torment, torture.

4 that child is a pain:

nuisance, pest, bother, vexation, irritant, source of irritation/annoyance, worry, problem, inconvenience, trial, tribulation, plague, source of aggravation, bore, thorn in the flesh, the bane of one's life;

informal pain in the neck, drag;

vulgar slang pain in the ass.

5 (pains) he took great pains to hide his feelings:

care, effort, bother, trouble, labor, exertion, strain, struggle.

□ be at pains

they were at pains to put him at ease:

try hard, make a great effort, make an effort, make every effort, spare no effort, take (great) pains, take care, put oneself out, apply oneself, exert oneself;

strive, endeavor, try, struggle, battle, labor, toil, strain, work, aim;

do one's best, do all one can, do one's utmost, give (it) one's all, go all out;

informal bend/fall/lean over backwards, give it one's best shot.

verb

1 her foot is still paining her:

hurt, cause pain, be painful, be sore, ache, throb, smart, burn, prickle, sting, pinch, twinge, cause discomfort, be tender;

informal kill;

British, informal play up.

2 the memory of the event still pains her:

sadden, grieve, distress, make miserable/wretched, trouble, worry, bother, perturb, disturb, oppress, harrow, cause anguish to, afflict;

cut to the quick, mortify, torment, torture, wound, sting, gnaw at.

word links	pain
-algia pain in a part of the body, as in neuralgia analgesic medicine for reducing pain anesthetic drug making one unable to feel pain anesthesiology branch of medicine concerning insensitivity to pain