pain
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“payment”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *cěnà (“price”)).
Doublet of peine. Compare Danish pine, Norwegian Bokmål pine, German Pein, Dutch pijn, Afrikaans pyn. See also pine (the verb). Partly displaced native Old English sār (whence Modern English sore).
Inflected forms:
form: pains
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: pains
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pained
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pained
pos: verb
tags: past
form: paine
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.
I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
gloss: An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: When the pains are every five minutes and quite strong or the cervix is five cm. dilated along with regular and strong pains, the mother is given a block anesthesia of 1 cc. of 1:200 nupercaine, 1 cc. of 10 per cent dextrose with .05 cc. of 1:1000 adrenalin.
gloss: The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.
The pain of departure was difficult to bear.
And I should tell him all my pain,
⁠And how my life had droop’d of late,
⁠And he should sorrow o’er my state
And marvel what possess’d my brain; […]
gloss: An annoying person or thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Your mother is a right pain.
Today is match day, Grimsby Town are at home, and the ground is walking distance from New Clee station. So, visiting football supporters coming by train have to change at Grimsby Town [station]. That's a real pain.
gloss: Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
pos: noun
tags: dated
uncountable
examples: You may not leave this room on pain of death.
We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him.
Seb[astian]. […] [M]y duty, then, / To interpoſe; on pain of my diſpleasure, / Betwixt your Swords[.] / Dor[ax]. On pain of Infamy / He ſhould have diſobey'd.
gloss: Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The wound pained him.
gloss: To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It pains me to say that I must let you go.
gloss: To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To hurt; to feel painful.
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: My infernal thumb pains yet like the very devil.
gloss: To feel pain; to hurt.
pos: verb
tags: India
intransitive
examples: Please help me: I am paining hard.
Oh my head is aching, oh Lord Damodara [Visnu], give me "kazhi". The neck is paining, oh Lord Kamadeva give me relief. My chest is paining, oh Lord Madhava, give me relief.
A lady visited the doctor, a general physician and complained of a lot of pain.
The doctor asked her where she experienced pain.
The lady touched her right knee and said, 'It is paining here doctor.'
Then she touched her stomach and said, 'It is paining here too doctor.'
Synonyms: misery
pain
wark
Antonyms: pleasure
Related words: pained
painful
painfully
painless
painlessly
painlessness
-algia
Derived words: afterpain
after-pain
antipain
back pain
central pain syndrome
complex regional pain syndrome
congenital insensitivity to pain
feeling no pain
feel no pain
feel someone's pain
growing pains
hunger pain
hunger-pain
in a world of pain
labour pain
labor pain
man-pain
manpain
nociplastic pain
no gain without pain
no pain, no gain
on pain of
under pain of
upon pain of
painable
painal
pain and suffering
pain compliance
pain disorder
painfilled
pain-free
painfree
pain in one's arse
pain in one's ass
pain in the arse
pain in the ass
pain in the back
pain in the backside
pain in the bum
pain in the butt
pain in the dick
pain in the keister
pain in the neck
pain in the patootie
pain in the rear
painkiller
pain killer
painkilling
painless
painlike
painmaker
pain-making
painplay
pain point
painproof
pain-racked
pain relief
pain-relieving
pain score
painsharing
painslut
painsome
painsomnia
painsong
painstaking
painstick
pain threshold
painy
patella femoral pain syndrome
patellofemoral pain syndrome
period pain
prepain
referred pain
royal pain
saddle pain
sharp short-lived head pain
weather pains
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ахьаа
roman: axʲaa
lang: Afrikaans
word: pyn
lang: Albanian
word: dhembje
lang: Northern Altai
word: агру
roman: agru
lang: Northern Altai
word: агрыг
roman: agrïg
lang: Southern Altai
word: оору
roman: ooru
lang: Southern Altai
word: сыс
roman: sïs
lang: Amharic
word: ጣረሞት
roman: ṭarämot
lang: Arabic
word: أَلَم
roman: ʔalam
lang: Arabic
word: وَجَع
roman: wajaʕ
lang: Arabic
word: ألم
roman: ʔalam
lang: Armenian
word: ցավ
roman: cʻav
lang: Aromanian
word: dor (roa-rup)
lang: Assamese
word: বিষ
roman: bix
lang: Asturian
word: dolor
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ağrı
lang: Azerbaijani
word: acı
lang: Bashkir
word: ауыртыу
roman: awırtıw
lang: Basque
word: min
lang: Belarusian
word: боль
roman: bolʹ
lang: Bengali
word: ব্যথা
roman: bêtha
lang: Central Bikol
word: kulog
lang: Breton
word: poan
lang: Bulgarian
word: бо́лка
roman: bólka
lang: Burmese
word: ဝေဒနာ
roman: weda.na
lang: Burmese
word: ဒုက္ခ
roman: dukhka.
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: боль
roman: bolʹ
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: біль
roman: bilʹ
lang: Catalan
word: dolor
lang: Chechen
word: лазар
roman: lazar
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᎩᏟᏱ
roman: agitliyi
lang: Chinese
word: тын
roman: tɨn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 疼痛
roman: téngtòng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 苦痛
roman: kǔtòng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 疼
roman: téng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 痛
roman: tòng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 痛苦
roman: tòngkǔ
lang: Chuvash
word: ырату
roman: yrat̬u
lang: West Circassian
word: узы
roman: wuzə
lang: West Circassian
word: уз
roman: wuz
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: ndroso
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: ağrı
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: accı
lang: Czech
word: bolest
lang: Danish
word: smerte
lang: Dutch
word: pijn
lang: Esperanto
word: doloro
lang: Estonian
word: valu
lang: Eyak
word: k'ahd
lang: Faroese
word: pína
lang: Faroese
word: ilska
lang: Faroese
word: verkur
lang: Faroese
word: sviði
lang: Finnish
word: kipu
lang: Finnish
word: kärsimys
lang: Finnish
word: särky
lang: Finnish
word: tuska
lang: Finnish
word: piina
lang: Finnish
word: jomotus
lang: French
word: douleur
lang: French
word: mal
lang: Old French
word: peine
lang: Old French
word: dolor
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: Kwoal
lang: Friulian
word: dolôr
lang: Gagauz
word: aarı
lang: Galician
word: dor
lang: Georgian
word: ტკივილი
roman: ṭḳivili
lang: German
word: Schmerz
lang: Greek
word: πόνος
roman: pónos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄλγος
roman: álgos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὀδύνη
roman: odúnē
lang: Greenlandic
word: anniaat
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: rasy
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: tasy
lang: Gujarati
word: પીડા
roman: pīḍā
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻeha
lang: Hebrew
word: כְּאֵב
roman: ke'év
lang: Hindi
word: दर्द
roman: dard
lang: Hindi
word: पीड़ा
roman: pīṛā
lang: Hindi
word: व्यथा
roman: vyathā
lang: White Hmong
word: mob
lang: Hungarian
word: fájdalom
lang: Hungarian
word: kín
lang: Icelandic
word: sársauki
lang: Icelandic
word: verkur
lang: Ido
word: doloro
lang: Indonesian
word: nyeri
lang: Indonesian
word: sakit
lang: Ingrian
word: vaiva
lang: Ingrian
word: kipu
lang: Irish
word: pian
lang: Istriot
word: dulur
lang: Italian
word: dolore
lang: Japanese
word: 痛み
roman: itami
lang: Japanese
word: 苦痛
roman: kutsū
lang: Kannada
word: ನೋವು
roman: nōvu
lang: Kannada
word: ಬೇನೆ
roman: bēne
lang: Kashubian
word: bòlesc
lang: Kazakh
word: ауру
roman: auru
lang: Kazakh
word: жара
roman: jara
lang: Kazakh
word: сыздау
roman: syzdau
lang: Khmer
word: ជំហឺ
roman: cumhɨɨ
lang: Khmer
word: ការឈឺចាប់
roman: kaa chɨɨ cap
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: висьӧм
roman: viśöm
lang: Korean
word: 아픔
roman: apeum
lang: Korean
word: 통증
roman: tongjeung
lang: Korean
word: 고통
roman: gotong
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئازار
roman: azar
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ژان
roman: jan
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: elem
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: êş
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: jan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: оору
roman: ooru
lang: Ladino
word: דולור
lang: Ladino
word: dolor
lang: Lao
word: ຄວາມເຈັບ
roman: khuām chep
lang: Latgalian
word: suope
lang: Latin
word: dolor
lang: Latvian
word: sāpes
lang: Lithuanian
word: skausmas
lang: Lithuanian
word: kančia
lang: Lithuanian
word: gėla
lang: Low German
word: Wehdag
lang: Low German
word: Wehdaag
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Péng
lang: Macedonian
word: болка
roman: bolka
lang: Malay
word: sakit
lang: Malayalam
word: വേദന
roman: vēdana
lang: Maltese
word: uġigħ
lang: Māori
word: mamae
lang: Māori
word: kōharihari
lang: Marathi
word: वेदना
roman: vednā
lang: Marathi
word: दुखणे
roman: dukhṇe
lang: Moksha
word: маряма
roman: maräma
lang: Mongolian
word: өвчин
roman: övčin
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠡᠪᠡᠳᠴᠢᠨ
roman: ebedčin
lang: Mwani
word: malwazo
lang: Navajo
word: diniih
lang: Neapolitan
word: dulore
lang: Nepali
word: पीडा
roman: pīḍā
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: smerte
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: smerte
lang: Occitan
word: dolor
lang: Old Occitan
word: pena
lang: Old Occitan
word: dolor
lang: Odia
word: ପିଠ
roman: piṭha
lang: Odia
word: କ୍ଳେଶ
roman: kḷeśa
lang: Church Slavic
word: боль
roman: bolĭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: боль
roman: bolĭ
lang: Old English
word: sār
lang: Old Galician-Portuguese
word: door
lang: Old Tupi
word: asy class IIa
lang: Ossetian
word: рыст
roman: ryst
lang: Ossetian
word: рис
roman: ris
lang: Pali
word: vedanā
lang: Papiamentu
word: doló
lang: Pashto
word: درد
roman: dard
lang: Pashto
word: دړد
roman: daṛd
lang: Dari
word: دَرْد
roman: dard
lang: Iranian Persian
word: دَرْد
roman: dard
lang: Pitjantjatjara
word: pika
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Wee
lang: Polish
word: ból
lang: Portuguese
word: dor
lang: Punjabi
word: ਦਰਦ
roman: darad
lang: Punjabi
word: ਦੁੱਖ
roman: dukkha
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪੀੜ
roman: pīṛ
lang: Punjabi
word: ਵੇਦਨ
roman: vedan
lang: Punjabi
word: پِیڑ
roman: pīṛ
lang: Punjabi
word: دَرد
roman: dard
lang: Punjabi
word: ڈول
roman: ḍol
lang: Quechua
word: nanay
lang: Romani
word: dukh
lang: Romanian
word: durere
lang: Romanian
word: chin
lang: Romansh
word: dolur
lang: Romansh
word: dalur
lang: Romansh
word: dolour
lang: Romansh
word: dulur
lang: Russian
word: боль
roman: bolʹ
lang: Sango
word: mpasi
lang: Sanskrit
word: पीडा
roman: pīḍā
lang: Sanskrit
word: व्यथा
roman: vyathā
lang: Sanskrit
word: बाधा
roman: bādhā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pian
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cràdh
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бо̑л
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: му̏ка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bȏl
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mȕka
lang: Sicilian
word: duluri
lang: Sicilian
word: ruluri
lang: Sicilian
word: diluri
lang: Sicilian
word: riluri
lang: Sindhi
word: سور
roman: sor
lang: Sinhalese
word: වේදනාව
roman: wēdanāwa
lang: Slovak
word: bolesť
lang: Slovene
word: bolečina
lang: Slovincian
word: ból
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: ból
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: ból
lang: Spanish
word: dolor
lang: Swahili
word: umwa
lang: Swedish
word: smärta
lang: Tagalog
word: sakit
lang: Tagalog
word: pananakit
lang: Tajik
word: дард
roman: dard
lang: Talysh
word: داژ
roman: dâž
lang: Tamil
word: வலி
roman: vali
lang: Tamil
word: வேதனை
roman: vētaṉai
lang: Tamil
word: நோவு
roman: nōvu
lang: Tatar
word: ачы
roman: açı
lang: Tatar
word: авырту
roman: awırtu
lang: Tatar
word: сызлау
roman: sızlaw
lang: Telugu
word: నొప్పి
roman: noppi
lang: Thai
word: ความเจ็บ
roman: kwaam-jèp
lang: Tibetan
word: ཟུག
roman: zug
lang: Tigrinya
word: ቃንዛ
roman: ḳanza
lang: Tocharian B
word: lakle
lang: Turkish
word: acı
lang: Turkish
word: ağrı
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آغری
roman: ağrı
lang: Turkmen
word: ajy
lang: Turkmen
word: agyry
lang: Tuvan
word: аарыг
roman: aarıg
lang: Tuvan
word: аарышкылыы
roman: aarışkılıı
lang: Ukrainian
word: біль
roman: bilʹ
lang: Urdu
word: دَرْد
roman: dard
lang: Urdu
word: پِیڑا
roman: pīṛā
lang: Uyghur
word: ئاغرىق
roman: aghriq
lang: Uyghur
word: ئەلەم
roman: elem
lang: Uyghur
word: دەرد
roman: derd
lang: Uzbek
word: ogʻriq
lang: Uzbek
word: alam
lang: Uzbek
word: dard
lang: Venetan
word: dolor
lang: Venetan
word: dołor
lang: Vietnamese
word: đau
lang: Vietnamese
word: sự đau đớn
lang: Waray-Waray
word: ul-ul
lang: Waray-Waray
word: su-ol
lang: Welsh
word: poen
lang: Welsh
word: dolur
lang: Wolof
word: metit
lang: Yakut
word: ыарыы
roman: ïarïï
lang: Yiddish
word: ווייטיק
roman: veytik
lang: Yiddish
word: וויי
roman: vey
lang: Yiddish
word: יסורים
roman: yesurim
lang: Yiddish
word: פּײַן
roman: payn
lang: Yiddish
word: מיחוש
roman: meykhesh
lang: Yiddish
word: ווייעניש
roman: veyenish
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: k'iinam
lang: Zazaki
word: dej (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: tew
lang: Zhuang
word: in
lang: Zhuang
word: indot
lang: Zhuang
word: inget