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pain

n.

Suffering, physical or mental
hurt, anguish, distress, discomfort, disorder, agony, misery, crucifixion, martyrdom, wretchedness, shock, torture, torment, passion; see also injury 1.
Antonyms health*, well-being, ease.
Suffering, usually physical
ache, twinge, catch, throb, throe, spasm, cramp, gripe, stitch, torture, malady, sickness, rack, laceration, paroxysm, soreness, fever, burning, prick, torment, distress, agony, affliction, discomfort, hurt, pang, wound, strain, sting, burn, crick; see also illness 1, injury 1.
Specific kinds of pains (including aches) include: housemaid's knee, tennis elbow, shin splint, arthritis, arthritic pain, rheumatism, inflammatory rheumatism, gout, peritonitis, bursitis, earache, headache, stomachache, bellyache, toothache, backache.
Suffering, usually mental
despondency, worry, anxiety; see depression 2, grief 1, sadness.
Effort; used in plural
effort, endeavor, care; see effort. See syn. study at effort.

feeling no pain*

intoxicated, inebriated, stoned*; see drunk.

upon <strong>or </strong>under pain of

at the risk of, in danger of, risking; see gambling.

pain Synonyms

pain

v.

distress, grieve, trouble; see hurt 1.

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Another word for pain

noun

A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury:
ache, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe, twinge. (Informal) misery. See pain
A state of physical or mental suffering:
affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy
Attentiveness to detail.
Used in plural: care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, painstaking, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness. See careful
The use of energy to do something.
Used in plural: effort, endeavor, exertion, strain¹, striving, struggle, trouble, while. (Informal) elbow grease. See work
(Informal)
One that makes another totally miserable by causing sharp pain and irritation:
thorn, trial. Idioms: pain in the neck, thorn in the flesh (or side). See pain

verb

To cause suffering or painful sorrow to:
aggrieve, distress, grieve, hurt, injure, wound. See happy
To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort:
ache, hurt, pang, twinge. See pain