Pain | Mean of pain in English Dictionary
/ˈpeɪn/
- Noun
- the physical feeling caused by disease, injury, or something that hurts the body
- The medication may upset your stomach but if you experience acute abdominal pain call your doctor.
- I've had chronic back pain since the accident.
- It was obvious that she was in pain. [=feeling pain]
- Each patient has a different pain threshold. [=ability to tolerate pain]
- The medicine provides 12 hours of pain relief.
- For a week after surgery she took prescription pain medication/relievers. [=painkillers]
- I feel a dull/sharp pain if I touch the bruise.
- mental or emotional suffering
- They didn't want to cause him pain. [=they didn't want to upset or hurt him]
- the pain of a difficult childhood
- It is a story about the joys and pains of life.
- someone or something that causes trouble or makes you feel annoyed or angry
- Rush hour traffic is such a pain.
- This orange is a pain to peel.
- Our neighbor can be such a pain. [=nuisance]
- My little sister can be a (real/royal) pain in the neck.
- to try hard to do something
- They were at pains to distance themselves from the scandal.
- to be careful in doing something
- We went to great pains not to offend anyone.
- He took great pains to explain the situation to us.
- at the risk of being given (a particular form of punishment)
- She was ordered to remain silent under pain of imprisonment.
- He cannot return to the country on pain of death. [=he will be killed if he returns to the country]
- Verb
- to cause (someone) to feel emotional pain
- He was deeply pained [=hurt] by your words.
- As much as it pains me to admit it, she was right.