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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | |
| Synonyms: | hurting | |
| Examples: | "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
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| Related terms: | symptom agony ache sting torture hemorrhoid burn mastalgia neuralgia chiralgia dysmenorrhea stitch chest_pain arthralgia odynophagia meralgia proctalgia pang throb pang tenderness metralgia melagra growing_pains distress glossalgia keratalgia myalgia labor_pain nephralgia pleurodynia orchidalgia photalgia podalgia colic referred_pain renal_colic thermalgesia causalgia ulalgia urodynia smart hurt afflict | |
| 2. | [ noun ] emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid | |
| Synonyms: | painfulness | |
| Examples: | "the pain of loneliness" |
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| Related terms: | pleasure feeling distress suffering pang mental_anguish growing_pains unpleasantness | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (psychology) a somatic sensation of acute discomfort | |
| Synonyms: | painful_sensation | |
| Examples: | "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" |
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| Related terms: | somesthesia somaesthesia phantom_limb_pain twinge mittelschmerz afflict | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause bodily suffering to | |
| Synonyms: | trouble ail afflict | |
| Related terms: | hurt erupt disagree_with trouble affliction | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a bothersome annoying person | |
| Synonyms: | nuisance pain_in_the_neck | |
| Examples: | "that kid is a terrible pain" |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant_person | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cause emotional anguish or make miserable | |
| Synonyms: | hurt anguish | |
| Examples: | "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" |
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| Related terms: | upset torment try agonize anguish annoyance suffer | |
| 7. | [ noun ] something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness | |
| Synonyms: | nuisance botheration bother pain_in_the_neck pain_in_the_ass infliction annoyance | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | negative_stimulus nuisance irritant common_nuisance abatable_nuisance plague private_nuisance mixed_nuisance attractive_nuisance annoy | |
| Similar spelling: |
Paino paine pan pawn pane Payne Payan paean Payena Pawnee paeony Pam Paeonia |
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