Text: 1 a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body<the child was crying because of a pain in her knee>Synonymsache, pang, prick, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twingeRelated Wordsdiscomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness; agony, anguish, misery, suffering, torment, torture; inflammation, swelling; damage, harm, hurt, injury; backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothacheNear Antonymscomfort, ease 2 a state of great suffering of body or mind<a sprained ankle caused him great pain for a week>— see distress 1 3 pains plural strict attentiveness to what one is doing<take pains to be sure that you donʼt damage anything>— see care 1 4 pains plural the active use of energy in producing a result<she was at pains to reassure us that everything would be fine>— see effort

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