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painful sensation

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Noun1.painful sensation - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
pain sensation, pain
somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"
mittelschmerz - pain in the area of the ovary that is felt at the time of ovulation (usually midway through the menstrual cycle)
phantom limb pain - pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb
twinge - a sharp stab of pain


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But at length a painful sensation drew them from their watchings.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
It takes a good deal to daunt the New York dancing man, but the invasion of the floor by Bill and the Good Sport undoubtedly caused a profound and even painful sensation.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
They were fixed on me in half-smiling curiosity, and I felt a painful sensation as if a sharp wind were cutting me.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
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