verb🔗ShareTo hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture."The wound pained him."bodysensationsufferingemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve."It pains me to say that I must let you go."mindemotionsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish."The strict headmaster often pained students with extra chores for even minor misbehavior. "sufferingactionlawmoralguiltemotioninhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareIn pain, especially in an emotional sense."Seeing her brother struggle with his homework left her pained. "emotionsufferingmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading