pang
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5.6
- noun
- /pæŋ/
- After hearing the news, she felt a pang of sadness for her friend.
- pangs of conscience
- pangs of hunger
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Watch on YouTubeIf you are hungry, you feel hunger pangs, so you eat.
- If you are hungry, you feel hunger pangs, so you eat.
- There wasn't a pang of regret until I stopped working.
- A lot of times, just that little bit of flavor that's over and above water will help you turn off your hunger pangs and help you continue your fast.
- Well, the other day I saw her out with another guy that I know and it just really made me feel like shit because, you know, kind of pangs of regret.
- Because that doesn't make a whole lot of sense because I think at first we actually feel a pang of more anxiety, which then leads to more stress.
- And I got this pang in my stomach and I said beyond.
- You're not alone with this and those pangs you feel today.
- I mean, I'm baffled by people's lack of pangs.
- I mean, imagine the birth pangs of this, this birth that's to come, evils trying to wipe out the Jewish people.
Examples
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Not a word was said, but they all felt the sharp, bittersweet pang of coming home.
Fiction book (1991) -
Their crooked paths lead to the grave; their passions to the pangs of death.
Fiction book (1992) -
There always has to be that pang of doubt.
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So when you feel a pang of loneliness, I want you to understand.
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I hate to tell you this, but that pang of guilt you may feel.
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"Joshua noted the look in Lydia's eyes and felt a pang of disappointment."
Fiction book (1990) -
I feel only a faint pang of shame for exploiting my daughters' rivalry.
Fiction book (1990) -
Perrin felt a sudden intolerable pang; what was he casting away?
Fiction book (1992) -
Now, however, Krug is free of the pangs of guilt, free of pain, and free of the yoke of responsibility.
Academic text (2016) -
Even when praying and concentrating on the crucified Lord, she experienced pangs of conscience.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
21
4.2
A sharp feeling of sadness or hurt after an unkind act
17
4.9
A sudden sharp pain in the body or a quick strong feeling in the mind
8
3.5
A sudden sharp feeling, often of pain or strong emotion
1
5.0
A sudden sharp feeling of guilt
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Etymology
The word pang may be a short, sharp form of pain or a sound word for a quick jab, like a small 'shot' of hurt. So, a pang is that sudden sharp pain or sudden strong feeling such as guilt or sadness.