pain (p n)n.1. An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder. 2. Suffering or distress. 3. pains The pangs of childbirth. 4. pains Great care or effort: take pains with one's work. 5. Informal A source of annoyance; a nuisance. v. pained, pain·ing, pains v.tr. To cause pain to; hurt or injure. v.intr. To be the cause of pain. Idiom: on/under pain of Subject to the penalty of (a specified punishment, such as death).
[Middle English, from Old French peine, from Latin poena, penalty, pain, from Greek poin , penalty; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.] Synonyms: pain, ache, pang, smart, stitch, throe, twinge
These nouns denote a sensation of severe physical discomfort: abdominal pain; aches in my leg; the pangs of a cramped muscle; aspirin that alleviated the smart; a stitch in my side; the throes of dying; a twinge of arthritis. |
pain Noun 1. physical hurt or discomfort caused by injury or illness 2. emotional suffering 3. on pain of subject to the penalty of: orders which their soldiers were bound to follow on pain of death 4. Also called: (pain in the neck) Informal a person or thing that is annoying or irritating Verb 1. to cause (a person) physical or mental suffering 2. Informal to annoy; irritate See also pains [Latin poena punishment] painless adj
Painproducing pain. a deriving of sexual pleasure from inflicting or enduring pain. Cf. masochism, sadism. — algolagnist, n. — algolagnic, adj. measurement of pain by means of an algometer, an instrument for determining sensitivity to pain produced by pressure. — algometric, algometrical, adj. a love of pain. an extreme fear of pain. Cf. odynophobia. otalgia. pain in the nerves of the upper arm. a burning or other painful feeling in the stomach or esophagus; heartburn. Medicine.1. a pain in the head.
2. a headache. Also called cephalgia, cephalodynia. pain in the hip joint. neuralgia of the skin. anything that drives away pain. pain in the stomach or abdominal region. 1. Medicine. a pain or aching on one side of the head.
2. migraine. hypalgia. a decreased sensibility to pain. Also hypalgesia. an unusually high sensitivity to pain. — hyperalgesic, adj. pain in the uterus. 1. Psychiatry. a condition in which sexual gratification is achieved through suffering physical pain and humiliation, especially inflicted on oneself.
2. any gratification gained from pain or deprivation inflicted or imposed on oneself. Cf. sadism. — masochist, n. — masochistic, adj. Medicine. a pain in a tooth. — odontalgic, adj. an abnormal fear of pain. Medicine. an earache. — otalgic, adj. pain in the eyes caused by light. pain in the rectum. neuralgia affecting the face. mental or psychic pain. pain affecting the spine. — rachialgic, adj. 1. Psychiatry. a sexual gratification gained through causing physical pain or humiliation.
2. any enjoyment in being cruel. Cf. masochism. — sadist, n. — sadistic, adj. Psychiatry. a condition of disturbed and destructive personality marked by the presence of both sadistic and masochistic traits. — sado-masochist, n. — sadomasochistic, adj. an indifference to pleasure or pain. — stoic, n., adj. — stoical, adj. pain in one part of the body resulting from hurt or injury in another part; referred pain. pain in the womb or uterus. sadism directed toward animals. — zoosadist, n. — zoosadistic, adj.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease ache, aching - a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain burn, burning - pain that feels hot as if it were on fire causalgia - a burning pain in a limb along the course of a peripheral nerve; usually associated with skin changes chiralgia - a pain in the hand that is not traumatic distress - extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress" growing pains - pain in muscles or joints sometimes experienced by children and often attributed to rapid growth labor pain - pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor melagra - rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs nephralgia - pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) odynophagia - severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder of the esophagus pang - a sharp spasm of pain pang, sting - a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" photalgia, photophobia - pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) referred pain - pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease" renal colic - sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter sting, stinging - a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" stitch - a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running soreness, tenderness, rawness - a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" throb - a deep pulsating type of pain | | 2. | pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" unpleasantness - the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling pleasure, pleasance - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" | | 3. | pain - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"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 | | 4. | pain - a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" | | 5. | pain - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "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"nuisance - (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive irritant, thorn - something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" plague - an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague" | | Verb | 1. | pain - cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposedhurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" recrudesce, break out, erupt - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" | | 2. | pain - cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"break someone's heart - cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody; "The young man broke the girl's heart when he told her was going to marry her best friend" try - give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students" |
pain noun 2. ache, smarting, stinging, aching, cramp, cramp, throb, throbbing, spasm, pang, twinge, shooting pain noun 3. sorrow, suffering, torture, distress, despair, grief, misery, agony, sadness, torment, hardship, bitterness, woe, anguish, heartache, affliction, tribulation, desolation, wretchedness verb 5. distress, worry, hurt, wound, torture, grieve, torment, afflict, sadden, disquiet, vex, agonize, cut to the quick, aggrieve verb 6. hurt, chafe, cause pain to, cause discomfort to  Translations pain [peɪn] n → dolor m;
 pain [peɪn] n → douleur f; ( inf) (= nuisance); plaie f;
 pain [peɪn] n → Schmerz m; (also: pain in the neck) ( inf) (= nuisance); Plage f; he is/it is a right pain (in the neck) ( inf) → er/das geht einem auf den Wecker
 pain [peɪn] n → dolore m; to take pains to do → mettercela tutta per fare;
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