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Synonyms for (noun) pain

Synonyms: pain, pain sensation, painful sensation Definition: a somatic sensation of acute discomfort Usage: as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain

Hypernyms: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia Definition: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations Usage: he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes

Synonyms: bother, botheration, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, annoyance, infliction Definition: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness Usage: 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

Hypernyms: negative stimulus Definition: a stimulus with undesirable consequences

Synonyms: pain, painfulness Definition: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid Usage: the pain of loneliness

Hypernyms: feeling Definition: the experiencing of affective and emotional states Usage: she had a feeling of euphoria; he had terrible feelings of guilt; I disliked him and the feeling was mutual

Synonyms: pain, pain in the neck, nuisance Definition: a bothersome annoying person Usage: that kid is a terrible pain

Hypernyms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person Definition: a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

Synonyms: pain, hurting Definition: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder Usage: the patient developed severe pain and distension

Hypernyms: symptom Definition: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

Synonyms for (verb) pain

Synonyms: trouble, ail, pain Definition: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

Hypernyms: hurt Definition: give trouble or pain to Usage: This exercise will hurt your back

Synonyms: pain, anguish, hurt Definition: cause emotional anguish or make miserable Usage: It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school

Hypernyms: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset Definition: cause to lose one's composure