pain

Noun

pain (countable and uncountable; plural pains)

1. (countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.

   The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.

   I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.

2. (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress; sadness; grief; solicitude; disquietude.

   In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.

   The pain of departure was difficult to bear.

3. (countable) An annoying person or thing.

   Your mother is a right pain.

4. (uncountable) (obsolete) Suffering seen as a punishment or penalty.

   You may not leave this room on pain of death.

   Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. — Dryden

   We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. — Bacon

4 letters in word "pain": A I N P.

Anagrams of pain:

• nipa

• pian

• pina

Words found within pain:

ai ain an ani in na nap nip pa pan pi pia pin

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