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pain
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- pronunciation:
- peIn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- on pain of, take pains (to do something)
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
physical distress or discomfort that is usu. caused by injury or illness and is the nervous system's means of signaling to the brain that something is wrong.
She had a good deal of pain after the surgery, but the medication relieved it.The soldier was moaning and obviously in severe pain.- antonyms:
- comfort, pleasure
- similar words:
- ache, affliction, discomfort, distress, hurt, smart, soreness, suffering, trouble
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| definition 2: |
a specific instance of such distress.
I've had a pain in my back since this morning.- synonyms:
- hurt, soreness
- similar words:
- ache, affliction, discomfort, distress, pang, smart, stab, stitch, throb, twinge
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| definition 3: |
physical or mental suffering; grief; agony.
Her mother's death caused her great pain.- synonyms:
- agony, distress, grief, suffering
- antonyms:
- ease, ecstasy, pleasure
- similar words:
- ache, affliction, anguish, calamity, discomfort, hurt, ill, sorrow, torment, torture, tribulation, woe
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| definition 4: |
(pl.) great care or effort.
I usually take pains with my work, but I admit that I rushed through this.- synonyms:
- care, effort, trouble
- similar words:
- attention, consideration, diligence, energy, exertion, notice
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| definition 5: |
(informal) a person or thing that causes irritation or difficulty.
My nosey sister can be such a pain sometimes.Doing my taxes was a real pain this year.- synonyms:
- annoyance, bother, nuisance, pest
- similar words:
- agitator, headache, nag, peeve, torment, trial, trouble
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| related words: |
appreciation, bear, bore, cross, effort, grip, misery, misfortune, pest, precaution, travail, wound, wrench |
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| phrase: |
on pain of |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pains, paining, pained |
| definition: |
to cause distress in; irritate; hurt.
It pains me to see him fail.- synonyms:
- afflict, distress, hurt, trouble
- similar words:
- agonize, ail, annoy, gall, grieve, irritate, kill, nag, torment, twinge, wrench
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| related words: |
anguish, cloud, cut, desolate, discomfort, hurt, plague, trouble, wound, wring |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to have pain.
- synonyms:
- hurt, suffer
- similar words:
- ache, gall, smart, twinge
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| related words: |
hurt, twitch |
| phrase: |
take pains (to do something) |
The words pain and pane (a sheet of glass) sound alike but have different meanings.
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