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Meaning of pain in English
Pronunciation
/peɪn/
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Verb
pain
Definitions
1.
cause bodily suffering to
2.
cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Examples
« It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school »
Noun
pain
Etymology
Middle English (in the sense ‘suffering inflicted as punishment for an offense’): from Old French peine, from Latin poena‘penalty’, later ‘pain’
Definitions
1.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Examples
« the patient developed severe pain and distension »
2.
emotional distress
Examples
« a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid »
« the pain of loneliness »
Antonyms
pleasure
pleasance
3.
a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
Examples
« as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain »
4.
a bothersome annoying person
Examples
« that kid is a terrible pain »
5.
something or someone that causes trouble
Examples
« a source of unhappiness »
« 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 »