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pained

  [peynd]
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–adjective
1. hurt; injured.
2. showing or expressing distress, anguish, or resentment: a pained look in reply to a sarcastic remark.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see pain, -ed 2
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pain

  [peyn]
–noun
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,
a. laborious or careful efforts; assiduous care: Great pains have been taken to repair the engine perfectly.
b. the suffering of childbirth.
5. Informal. an annoying or troublesome person or thing.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cause physical pain to; hurt.
7. to cause (someone) mental or emotional pain; distress: Your sarcasm pained me.
–verb (used without object)
8. to have or give pain.
—Idioms
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).
Origin:
1250–1300; ME peine punishment, torture, pain < OF < L poena penalty, pain < Gk poin penalty

Synonyms:
1–3. torture, misery, torment. Pain, ache, agony, anguish are terms for sensations causing suffering or torment. Pain and ache usually refer to physical sensations (except heartache); agony and anguish may be physical or mental. Pain suggests a sudden sharp twinge: a pain in one's ankle. Ache applies to a continuous pain, whether acute or dull: headache; muscular aches. Agony implies a continuous, excruciating, scarcely endurable pain: in agony from a wound. Anguish suggests not only extreme and long-continued pain, but also a feeling of despair. 2. pang, twinge, stitch. 4a. See care. 7. afflict, torment; trouble, grieve.

Antonyms:
3. joy, delight. 7. please.
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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, pains

v.   tr.
To cause pain to; hurt or injure.
v.   intr.
To be the cause of pain.

[Middle English, from Old French peine, from Latin poena, penalty, pain, from Greek poinē, penalty; see kwei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: 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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Main Entry: pain
Function: noun
1 : PUNISHMENT
2 a : physical discomfort associated with bodily disorder (as disease or injury) b : acute mental or emotional suffering —pain·less adjective —pain·less·ly adverb —on pain of or un·der pain of : subject to penalty or punishment of on pain of death>
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Main Entry: 2pain
Function: transitive verb
: to make suffer or cause distress to pain intransitive senses
: to give or have asensation of pain
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pain (pān)
n.

  1. An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.

  2. One of the uterine contractions occurring in childbirth.

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