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pain

/ˈpeɪ̯n/noun, verb1 syllable

Pain means: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.

Synonyms for pain30

noun, as in something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass, nuisance

noun, as in a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

pain sensation, painful sensation

noun, as in a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

hurting

noun, as in emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

painfulness

verb, as in cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

trouble, ail

verb, as in cause emotional anguish or make miserable

anguish, hurt

also used for pain

rend, difficulty, distress, grief, hardship, smart, torment, pest, faff, grievance, hassle, inconvenience, irritation, palaver, effort

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of pain

pleasure

What does pain mean?6

noun

1

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness“a bit of a bother”

2

a somatic sensation of acute discomfort“as the intensity increased, the sensation changed from tickle to pain”

3

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder“the patient developed severe pain and distension”

4

emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid“the pain of loneliness”

verb

1

cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

2

cause emotional anguish or make miserable“It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pain?60

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All 60 rhymes for pain, grouped by syllable

Pain in a sentence

  • The pain was more than he could bear, so he took some medicine.CK
  • Every time she coughed, she felt a great deal of pain.CK
  • Their grace comes from hard work, sweat, and pain.unknown
  • However, it's a pain putting the room in order.unknown
  • One cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain.CM
  • After his knee repair, he could walk without pain.Source_VOA
  • By and large, women can bear pain better than men.LimeGreenTeknii
  • After a couple of drinks, the guy was feeling no pain.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of pain

as a noun

plural
pains

as a verb

past tense
pained
present participle
paining
third-person singular
pains
past participle
pained