Word: paining
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pai
ning
Definition: Present participle of pain; cause emotional anguish or make miserable
Morphemes:
Affix: pain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: poena
Language: la
Decoded: poena
Meaning: punishment, pain
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.