Pain | Mean of pain in English Dictionary

/ˈpeɪn/

• Noun
• the physical feeling caused by disease, injury, or something that hurts the body
1. The medication may upset your stomach but if you experience acute abdominal pain call your doctor.
2. I've had chronic back pain since the accident.
3. It was obvious that she was in pain. [=feeling pain]
4. Each patient has a different pain threshold. [=ability to tolerate pain]
5. The medicine provides 12 hours of pain relief.
6. For a week after surgery she took prescription pain medication/relievers. [=painkillers]
7. I feel a dull/sharp pain if I touch the bruise.
• mental or emotional suffering
1. They didn't want to cause him pain. [=they didn't want to upset or hurt him]
2. the pain of a difficult childhood
3. It is a story about the joys and pains of life.
• someone or something that causes trouble or makes you feel annoyed or angry
1. Rush hour traffic is such a pain.
2. This orange is a pain to peel.
3. Our neighbor can be such a pain. [=nuisance]
4. My little sister can be a (real/royal) pain in the neck.

• to try hard to do something
1. They were at pains to distance themselves from the scandal.
• to be careful in doing something
1. We went to great pains not to offend anyone.
2. He took great pains to explain the situation to us.
• at the risk of being given (a particular form of punishment)
1. She was ordered to remain silent under pain of imprisonment.
2. 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
1. He was deeply pained [=hurt] by your words.
2. As much as it pains me to admit it, she was right.