pain has definitions from the fields of psychology,medicine
1
[ noun ] (medicine) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

Synonyms

hurting

Examples

"the patient developed severe pain and distension"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

Landesco thought him `` just a superior sort of plugugly '' but he was , in_fact , with his aggression and hostility , and nerveless indifference to risking or administering pain , a casebook psychopath .

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

For a moment he thought_of going_into Crosson 's office to explain that he had to leave , but there was now such a pain in his chest , such a pounding in his head , that he decided to let it go .

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

A shot caught him and straightened him up in screaming pain ; a following volley of shots shattered glass , ripped the ceiling , and sent him lurching heavily from the table .

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

With a roar of pain and fury Jess made his attack .

Pain shout up Curt 's arm clear to the shoulder , but Jess seemed hardly aware that he had been hit .

2
[ noun ] emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid

Synonyms

painfulness

Examples

"the pain of loneliness"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

By preying on the sick , by playing callously on the hopes of the desperate , by causing the sufferer to delay proper medical_care , these medical ghouls create pain and misery by their very activity .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

At these times he felt a kind of pain in his upper chest , but it was an objective pain , in_no_way different from others in intensity and not different in kind ; it was like the bandaged wound on the back of his head which occasionally throbbed ; it was merely another part of his weakness .

At these times he felt a kind of pain in his upper chest , but it was an objective pain , in_no_way different from others in intensity and not different in kind ; it was like the bandaged wound on the back of his head which occasionally throbbed ; it was merely another part of his weakness .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Loneliness tore through him like a physical pain whenever he thought_of Peter_Robert , Nerien , Nicholas_Cop , Martin_Bucer , and even the compromising Louis_du_Tillet .

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

Joel came and sat mutely with her , sharing her pain and anguish , averting his eyes from the ice_packs on her bosom .

3
[ noun ] (psychology) a somatic sensation of acute discomfort

Examples

"as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

After his pains got_worse , Tom decided to see a real doctor , from whom he learned he was suffering from cancer of the lung .

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

In a conditioning experiment , he demonstrated the antagonism between feeding and pain .

The pain became thus the symbol for food and elicited salivary secretion ( conditioned_reflex ) .

Even when the intensity of the shocks was increased gradually , it failed to evoke any signs of pain .

Since strong nociceptive stimuli produce an experimental neurosis during which the animals fail to eat in the experimental situation , Wolpe thought that he could utilize the feeding pain antagonism to inhibit the neurotic symptoms through feeding .

4
[ verb ] cause bodily suffering to

Synonyms

trouble ail afflict

Used in print

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

He had turned his ankle slightly , and it pained him .

5
[ noun ] a bothersome annoying person

Examples

"that kid is a terrible pain"

Related terms

unpleasant_person

6
[ verb ] cause emotional anguish or make miserable

Synonyms

hurt anguish

Examples

"It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"

7
[ noun ] something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Examples

"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"

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