English Explanatory Dictionary

pain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The pangs or sufferings of childbirth, caused by contractions of the uterus.
  3. The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
  4. An annoying person or thing.
  5. Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
  6. Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
verb
  1. To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
  2. To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
  3. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
  4. To hurt; to feel painful.
  5. To feel pain; to hurt.
noun
  1. Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Acronym of pan-assay interference compound.

Pronunciation

/ˈpeɪ̯n/ [ˈpʰeɪ̯n] en-us-pain.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-pain.wav /ˈpæɪ̯n/ [ˈpʰæ̝ɪ̯n] /ˈpen/ [ˈpen]

Word forms

pain pains paine paining pained

Etymology

From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“payment”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *cěnà (“price”)). Doublet of peine. Compare Danish pine, Norwegian Bokmål pine, German Pein, Dutch pijn, Afrikaans pyn. See also pine (the verb). Partly displaced native Old English sār (whence Modern English sore).

Synonyms

misery pain wark anguish rend difficulty distress grief hardship smart torment torture trouble pest annoyance bother faff grievance hassle inconvenience irritation nuisance palaver peeve plague vexation effort exertion pains work afflict hurt ache aggrieve agonize dere excruciate irritate pang pine rack throe wring atray cag engrieve grame harass harrow harry vex suffer passion thole

Antonyms

pleasure beatitude bliss delectation delight ecstasy euphoria lust nirvana rapture ravishment transport

Related words

pained painful painfully painless painlessly painlessness -algia

Derived words

afterpain after-pain antipain back pain central pain syndrome complex regional pain syndrome congenital insensitivity to pain feeling no pain feel no pain feel someone's pain growing pains hunger pain hunger-pain in a world of pain labour pain labor pain man-pain manpain nociplastic pain no gain without pain no pain, no gain on pain of under pain of upon pain of painable painal pain and suffering pain compliance pain disorder painfilled pain-free painfree pain in one's arse pain in one's ass pain in the arse pain in the ass pain in the back pain in the backside pain in the bum pain in the butt pain in the dick pain in the keister pain in the neck pain in the patootie pain in the rear painkiller pain killer painkilling painless painlike painmaker pain-making painplay pain point painproof pain-racked pain relief pain-relieving pain score painsharing

Translations

Abkhaz: ахьаа Afrikaans: pyn Albanian: dhembje Northern Altai: аарыг Southern Altai: оору Southern Altai: сыс Amharic: ጣረሞት Arabic: أَلَم Arabic: وَجَع Arabic: ألم Armenian: ցավ Aromanian: dor (roa-rup) Assamese: বিষ Asturian: dolor Azerbaijani: ağrı Azerbaijani: acı Bashkir: ауыртыу Basque: min Belarusian: боль Bengali: ব্যথা Central Bikol: kulog Breton: poan Bulgarian: бо́лка Burmese: ဝေဒနာ Burmese: ဒုက္ခ Carpathian Rusyn: боль Carpathian Rusyn: біль Catalan: dolor Chechen: лазар Cherokee: ᎠᎩᏟᏱ Chinese: тын Chinese Mandarin: 疼痛 Chinese Mandarin: 苦痛 Chinese Mandarin: 疼 Chinese Mandarin: 痛 Chinese Mandarin: 痛苦 Chuvash: ырату West Circassian: узы West Circassian: уз Ngazidja Comorian: ndroso Crimean Tatar: ağrı Crimean Tatar: accı Czech: bolest Danish: smerte Dutch: pijn Esperanto: doloro Estonian: valu Eyak: k'ahd Faroese: pína Faroese: ilska Faroese: verkur Faroese: sviði Finnish: kipu Finnish: kärsimys Finnish: särky Finnish: tuska Finnish: piina Finnish: jomotus French: douleur French: mal Old French: peine Old French: dolor
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