pain
- noun
- /peɪn/
- After the surgery, she experienced a sharp pain in her abdomen.
- chronic pain
- severe pain
- chest pain
I still have a baseline of pain most days.
- I still have a baseline of pain most days.
- There's, there is no, you know, pain free solution here.
- The pain, the pain, the pain, guys, it's no joke.
- I have yet to wake up like riding in pain, which is great.
- Headaches, muscle aches, back pain, all kinds of issues like that.
- But why is why is back pain the thing that people get?
- Like, and I had the weirdest pain in my, in my right side.
- And that eliminated my shoulder pain like gone.
- He would come home exhausted and in pain to cope.
- So it's not straightforwardly that you reduce pain, you increase well-being.
Examples
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Four months later, the patient presented again with pain and swelling in the same area.
Academic text (2011) -
Without any kind of warning, he developed pains in his chest and he could not breathe.
Academic text (2012) -
- You are a man in pain, Mr. Smith.
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The pain only gets worse.
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Can you not see that he is in great pain when he speaks?
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He's just screaming in pain.
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During the first two weeks, the highest priority was pain reduction and reduction of edema.
Academic text (2017) -
Sitting with, processing, and containing pain is some of the hardest work that we therapists do.
Academic text (2015) -
Helps with the pain.
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He winced in agony as the pain from his injury intensified.
Synonyms
Pain and trouble that a person feels in the body or mind
A feeling of emotional or physical pain
A very strong physical or mental pain
A feeling of physical pain or mental unease
A very strong, painful feeling of worry or sadness
Pain you feel when an area is sore or sensitive to touch
A sudden strong feeling of hurt in one small part of the body
A feeling of hurt in the body caused by injury or illness
A sharp uncomfortable feeling in the body when something hurts
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
A person or thing that is very annoying and difficult to deal with
To understand and share someone's sadness when they are having a hard time
Compounds
- Specialized
An uncomfortable feeling that seems to come from a missing arm or leg
- Specialized
A natural drive that makes people seek pleasure and avoid pain, often in early childhood
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pain comes from the Latin poena, which meant 'penalty' or 'punishment'. A punishment causes hurt, so the word came to mean the physical hurt or suffering in the body.