eye-watering pain
- noun
- /ˈaɪˌwɔːtərɪŋ peɪn/
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dolor insoportable
- The dentist warned her there might be some eye-watering pain after the procedure.
Examples
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When he broke his arm, the eye-watering pain made it hard for him to think straight.
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She experienced eye-watering pain after the injury.
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He experienced eye-watering pain in his ankle after the accident.
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The dentist warned me about eye-watering pain during the procedure.
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After falling off his bike, he experienced an eye-watering pain in his leg.
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The dentist warned her that the procedure might cause eye-watering pain.
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He winced from the eye-watering pain of the injury as he tried to stand.
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
eye-watering + pain
The sense 'pain that makes the eyes water / very intense pain' is directly derivable from combining 'eye' + 'watering' (making the eyes water) with 'pain', so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer that it means pain severe enough to cause tears. This is a transparent, productive compounding/metaphorical pattern (also seen in 'eye‑watering prices') and is cross-linguistically recognizable, making it understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Eye-watering pain comes from the clear image of pain so strong that your eyes begin watering, that is, they fill with tears. So it means 'extremely intense' pain that can make you cry.