nounπShareAn ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt."I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet."medicinebodysensationsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress"In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life."sufferingmindbodysensationconditionemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(from pain in the neck) An annoying person or thing."Your mother is a right pain."personthingcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSuffering inflicted as punishment or penalty."You may not leave this room on pain of death."sufferinglawmoralemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(chiefly in the plural) Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something."She took great pains to decorate the birthday cake, spending hours on every detail. "actionworkachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo 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."medicinephysiologybodysensationsufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo 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
verbπShareTo inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish."The judge pains criminals with fines and prison time for breaking the law. "lawgovernmentpoliticsmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAny of various breads stuffed with a filling."gammon pain; Spanish pain"foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading