Pain definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PAIN, n. [L. paena; Gr. penalty, and pain, labor.] 1. An uneasy sensation in animal bodies, of any ... functions. Thus violent pressure or stretching of a limb gives pain; inflammation produces pain; wounds, bruises and incisions give pain. 2. Labor; work; toil; laborious effort. In this sense, ...
... L. amarus, bitter, that is, sharp.] 1. Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles; as the smart of bodily punishment. 2. Severe pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as the smart of affliction. SM'ART, v.i. 1. To feel a lively pungent pain, particularly a pungent local pain from some piercing or irritating application. Thus Cayeene pepper ...
... t. pret. and pp. hurt. 1. To bruise; to give pain by a contusion, pressure, or any violence to the body ... damage, in general. 7. To wound; to injure; to give pain to; as, to hurt the feelings. HURT, n. A wound; a bruise; any thing that gives pain to the body. The pains of sickness and hurts. 1 ... syn: distress, hurt, suffering] 3: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: suffering, hurt] 4: a damage or loss [syn: detriment ... damage, harm, hurt, scathe] v 1: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart, hurt] 2: give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" 3: cause ...
... v.t. twinj. 1. To affect with a sharp sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. The gnat twinged ... TWINGE, v.t. twinj. to have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen spasmodic or shooting pain; as, the side twinges. [This is the sense in which ... limits of my acquaintance. TWINGE, n. twinj. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as a twinge in the arm or ... conscience" [syn: pang, stab, twinge] 2: a sharp stab of pain v 1: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked ...
... ACHE, v.i. ake. [Gr. to ache or be in pain. The primary sense is to be pressed. Perhaps the oriental to press.] 1. To suffer pain; to have or be in pain, or in continued pain; as, the head aches. 2. To suffer grief, or extreme ... to be distressed; as the heart aches. ACHE, n. ake. Pain, or continued pain, in opposition to sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. it ...
To die in the pain definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pain Pain, n. [OE. peine, F. peine, fr. L. poena, penalty, punishment, torment, pain; akin to Gr. ? penalty. Cf. Penal, Pine to languish, Punish ... crime; penalty. --Chaucer. We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. --Bacon. Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. --Dryden. None shall presume to fly, ...
... TORT'URE, n. [L. tortus, torqueo, to twist.] 1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment. Ghastly spasm or racking torture. 2. Severe pain inflicted judicially, either as a punishment for a crime, or ... by the rack or wheel. TORT'URE, v.t. To pain to extremity; to torment. 1. To punish with torture; to ... extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment, torture] 2: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment] 3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn ... body or mind ; agony b. something that causes agony or pain 2. the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, ...
... seldom sting persons, unless they are first provoked. 2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse. Slander stings ... into the flesh. The sting of most insects produces acute pain. 3. Any thing that gives acute pain. Thus we speak of the stings of remorse; the stings ... sting of an epigram. 5. That which gives the principal pain, or constitutes the principal terror. The sting of death is ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting ... the stinging of nettles" [syn: sting, stinging] 2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: pang, sting] ...
... if honor prick me off. 7. To affect with sharp pain; to sting with remorse. When they heard this, they were ... to kick against the pricks. Acts 9. 2. Sharp stinging pain; remorse. 3. A spot or mark at which archers aim ... small blood sample" [syn: prickle, prick] 2: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick, sting, twinge] 3 ... sensation [syn: prickle, prick] 6: to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" 7: deliver ... a small hole or mark made by pricking. 3 a pain caused as by pricking. 4 a mental pain (felt the pricks of conscience). 5 coarse sl. a ...
... not find sufficient distress on the premises, etc. 3. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer great distress ... of provisions or water, etc. DISTRESS, v.t. 1. To pain; to afflict with pain or anguish; applied to the body or the mind. [Literally ... but not distressed. 2 Corinthians 4. 3. To compel by pain or suffering. There are men who can neither be distressed ... she was the classic maiden in distress" 3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in distress" 4: the seizure ... distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress] 2: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed ...
pain in the neck definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... 1: a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" [syn: pain, pain in the neck, nuisance] 2: something or someone that causes ... a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] Moby Thesaurus ...
referred pain definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease"
Pang definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PANG, n. Extreme pain; anguish; agony of body; particularly, a sudden paroxysm of extreme pain, as in spasm, or childbirth. Isaiah 21. I saw the ... the ground. PANG, v.t. To torture; to give extreme pain to. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a sudden ... twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, stab, twinge] 2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: pang, sting] 3: a sharp spasm of pain Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 15th century 1. a brief piercing spasm of pain 2. a sharp attack of mental anguish < pangs of ...
To pain one's self definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pain Pain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pained; p. pr. & vb. n ... Paining.] [OE. peinen, OF. pener, F. peiner to fatigue. See Pain, n.] 1. To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to ... disquiet; to distress; to grieve; as a child's faults pain his parents. I am pained at my very heart. --Jer. iv. 19. To pain one's self, to exert or trouble one's ...
... torno; Eng. tour; that is, from twisting, straining.] 1. Extreme pain; anguish; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or ... torment. Luke 16. Revelation 9. 14. 2. That which gives pain, vexation or misery. They brought to him all sick people ... for casting stones. TORMENT', v.t. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating pain and misery, either of body or mind. Art thou come ... be tormented with fire and brimstone. Revelation 14. 1. To pain; to distress. Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of ... Unusual.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment] 2: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, ...