Synonyms for pain
peɪnpain

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1. painnoun

   Antonyms:
   pleasure

2. painnoun

   To 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.

   Synonyms:
   pest

   Antonyms:
   pleasure

3. painnoun

   To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.

   It pains me to say that I must let you go.

   Synonyms:
   pest

   Antonyms:
   pleasure

4. painnoun

   To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.

   Your mother is a right pain.

   Synonyms:
   pest

   Antonyms:
   pleasure

5. painnoun

   Suffering seen as a punishment or penalty.

   Synonyms:
   pest

   Antonyms:
   pleasure

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pain

   Pain is the most general term of this group, including all the others; pain is a disturbing sensation from which nature revolts, resulting from some injurious external interference (as from a wound, a bruise, a harsh word, etc.), or from some lack of what one needs, craves, or cherishes (as, the pain of hunger or bereavement), or from some abnormal action of bodily or mental functions (as, the pains of disease, envy, or discontent). Suffering is one of the severer forms of pain. The prick of a needle causes pain, but we should scarcely speak of it as suffering. Distress is too strong a word for little hurts, too feeble for the intensest suffering, but commonly applied to some continuous or prolonged trouble or need; as, the distress of a shipwrecked crew, or of a destitute family. Ache is lingering pain, more or less severe; pang, a pain short, sharp, intense, and perhaps repeated. We speak of the pangs of hunger or of remorse. Throe is a violent and thrilling pain. Paroxysm applies to an alternately recurring and receding pain, which comes as it were in waves; the paroxysm is the rising of the wave. Torment and torture are intense and terrible sufferings. Agony and anguish express the utmost pain or suffering of body or mind. Agony of body is that with which the system struggles; anguish that by which it is crushed.

   Synonyms:
   ache, agony, anguish, distress, pang, paroxysm, suffering, throe, torment, torture, twinge, wo(e)

   Antonyms:
   comfort, delight, ease, enjoyment, peace, rapture, relief, solace

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. painnoun

   Synonyms:
   penalty, suffering, distress, uneasiness, grief anguish, torture, agony

   Antonyms:
   reward, remuneration, ease, gratification, joy, pleasure, felicity, relief, alleviation, enjoyment, delight

2. painverb

   Synonyms:
   hurt, grieve, afflict, torment, rack, agonize, trouble, torture, aggrieve, annoy, distress

   Antonyms:
   gratify, please, delight, rejoice, charm, relieve, ease, refresh

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pain, hurtingnoun

   a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

   "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

   Synonyms:
   painfulness, pain in the neck, hurting, nuisance, botheration, infliction, pain in the ass, annoyance, painful sensation, pain sensation, bother

   Antonyms:
   pleasance, pleasure

2. pain, painfulnessnoun

   emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

   "the pain of loneliness"

   Synonyms:
   distressingness, painfulness, pain in the neck, hurting, nuisance, botheration, infliction, pain in the ass, annoyance, painful sensation, pain sensation, bother

   Antonyms:
   pleasance, pleasure

3. pain, pain sensation, painful sensationnoun

   a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

   "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"

   Synonyms:
   painfulness, pain in the neck, hurting, nuisance, botheration, infliction, pain in the ass, annoyance, painful sensation, pain sensation, bother

   Antonyms:
   pleasure, pleasance

4. pain, pain in the neck, nuisancenoun

   a bothersome annoying person

   "that kid is a terrible pain"

   Synonyms:
   painfulness, pain in the neck, hurting, nuisance, botheration, infliction, pain in the ass, annoyance, painful sensation, pain sensation, bother

   Antonyms:
   pleasance, pleasure

5. annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the assverb

   something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

   "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

   Synonyms:
   aggravator, annoying, painful sensation, hurting, painfulness, botheration, pain in the ass, pain sensation, chafe, hassle, infliction, bother, irritation, fuss, trouble, imposition, vexation, annoyance, nuisance, pain in the neck

   Antonyms:
   pleasance, pleasure

6. trouble, ail, painverb

   cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

   Synonyms:
   bother, unhinge, hurt, disorder, perturb, inconvenience oneself, upset, inconvenience, ail, discommode, disquiet, cark, put out, incommode, distract, disoblige, trouble, disturb, trouble oneself, anguish

   Antonyms:
   pleasance, pleasure

7. pain, anguish, hurtverb

   cause emotional anguish or make miserable

   "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

   Synonyms:
   smart, hurt, trouble, injure, wound, bruise, suffer, offend, ache, ail, anguish, spite

   Antonyms:
   pleasure, pleasance

Matched Categories

1. • Feeling
   • Hurt
   • Symptom
   • Unpleasant Person
   • Upset

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1. yermoverb

   yermo is pain!

   Submitted by kyleraywebb216 on April 1, 2022  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. painnoun

   Synonyms:
   penalty, punishment

2. painnoun

   Synonyms:
   suffering, distress, ache, pang, torment, torture, anguish, agony, throe, twinge

3. painnoun

   Synonyms:
   uneasiness, disquietude, anxiety, solicitude, care, grief, sorrow, bitterness, affliction, woe, heartache

4. painverb

   Synonyms:
   torment, torture, rack, agonize, distress, hurt

5. painverb

   Synonyms:
   disquiet, trouble, afflict, grieve, aggrieve, displease, annoy, plague, bore, harass, vex, worry, tease, chafe, fret, incommode

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1. painnoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment, penalty, suffering, ache, smart, throe, rack, agony, torture, distress, qualm, discomfort, pang, excruciation, paroxysm, gripe, twinge, cramp, travail, stitch, crick, anguish, heartache, misery, dolor

   Antonyms:
   ease, comfort, relief, solace

   Associated words:
   anodyne, anæsthetic, analgesic, dolorific, doloriferous, surcease, anæsthetize

2. painverb

   Synonyms:
   hurt, torture, rack, distress, grieve, afflict, aggrieve

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "pain":

   grief, suffering, sorrow, soreness, bread, anguish, ache, agony, distress, misery, sore, penalty, hurt, painless

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How to use pain in a sentence?

1. April Chambers:

   We saw consistently across the studies an improvement in discomfort and pain as people use the desks, and this was found not only in people who, for example, experienced low back pain, but also in adults with obesity and in healthy populations as well.

2. Kellie Mulhollen Dumas:

   We have suffered so much, i do n’t want anyone else to go through this ; he’s going to be permanently scarred. WOMAN CLAIMS SHE NEARLY LOST LEG AFTER CONTRACTING SERIOUS INFECTION FROM PEDICURE Hookworms are known as soil-transmitted parasite worms, and typically live in the small intestine. The eggs are transmitted through feces of an infected person, and the larvae can mature into a form that can penetrate through the skin of humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC), hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. While most patients do not suffer any symptoms or side effects, some may experience gastrointestinal issues. The teen allegedly felt the worms moving throughout his body after a dermatologist tried to freeze them. ( Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook) In a series of graphic photos posted on Friday, Kellie Mulhollen Dumas detailed her son’s injuries and said that after four trips to the pediatrician and an appointment with a dermatologist, he has been prescribed several medicines and a steroid but the pain persists. Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook -RRB- still ca n’t wear shoes and has to soak the afflicted areas in bleach water. NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN DIES AFTER YELLOW JACKET STING, WIFE SAYS.

3. Paul Rowley:

   We have one lady who is very advanced in her dementia and was manifesting signs that would be interpreted by most people as physical pain, but we knew the lady very well and were convinced that in fact what she was manifesting was not pain but frustration and anxiety, and we used PainChek to demonstrate that.

4. Suzann Pettersen:

   I kept digging deep and finished strong, and I feel like I played really good golf this week, it’s nice to be back. There’s probably been some tears of pain, feeling like you’re bouncing your head against the wall with injuries.

5. Euripides:

   Time cancels young pain.