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pain
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- pronunciation:
- peIn
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Pain is a very bad feeling that you get in your body when you are sick or hurt. If a person or animal gets a bad cut or a burn, for example, they will feel pain.
When Harvey broke his leg, he was in a lot of pain until he was given medicine at the hospital.The doctor asked the patient if he had any pain in his legs, but the patient said "no."- antonyms:
- comfort
- similar words:
- ache, discomfort, distress, hurt, soreness, suffering, trouble
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| definition 2: |
When you have a pain somewhere, you have a very bad feeling in one particular spot in your body.
Kelly went to the doctor to ask about the pain in her back.- synonyms:
- hurt, soreness
- similar words:
- ache, discomfort, distress, stitch
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| definition 3: |
Pain is something people often feel when something very sad or very cruel happens to them.
Nick's grandmother's death caused his grandfather great pain.- synonyms:
- distress, grief
- antonyms:
- ease, pleasure
- similar words:
- ache, discomfort, hurt, ill, sorrow, torture
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| related words: |
pest, wound |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
pains, paining, pained |
| definition: |
When something pains you, it means that it makes you feel very bad.
It pained the rescue workers to see so many cats and dogs without homes after the storm. They brought as many as they could to the animal shelters and hoped their families would find them.- synonyms:
- afflict, distress, hurt
- similar words:
- annoy, irritate, kill, wrench
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| related words: |
hurt, wound |
The words pain and pane (a sheet of glass) sound alike but have different meanings.
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