| 1. | physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. |
| 2. | a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. |
| 3. | mental or emotional suffering or torment: I am sorry my news causes you such pain. |
| 4. | pains,
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| 5. | Informal. an annoying or troublesome person or thing. |
| 6. | to cause physical pain to; hurt. |
| 7. | to cause (someone) mental or emotional pain; distress: Your sarcasm pained me. |
| 8. | to have or give pain. |
| 9. | feel no pain, Informal. to be intoxicated: After all that free beer, we were feeling no pain. |
| 10. | on, upon, or under pain of, liable to the penalty of: on pain of death. |
| 11. | pain in the ass, Slang: Vulgar. pain (def. 5). |
| 12. | pain in the neck, Informal. pain (def. 5). |
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pain (pān)
n.
An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.
One of the uterine contractions occurring in childbirth.