pain
pain (pān)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, painsv. 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 poinē, 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.
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